Four Charged After 2011 Pot Dispensary Raid Enter Pleas

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All four people charged following a raid on a former medical marijuana dispensary have now entered pleas in the case. Marshall Alternatives in Handy Township was raided in March of 2012 following an alleged sale to an undercover officer, who was said to be posing as a legal card-carrying medical marijuana patient. At a hearing in Livingston County Circuit Court Friday, Owners Alan Marshall and Christi Marshall both pleaded guilty to charges of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver for three spate incidents. In exchange, prosecutors will not seek charges against the couple for two other alleged offenses on December 10th and 12th in 2011. Former employee Stephanie Baxter also entered a plea Friday to three reduced misdemeanor counts of delivering marijuana without remuneration. All three will be sentenced July 18th. Meanwhile another employee, April Sundie Smith, earlier pleaded guilty to the same lesser charge and will be sentenced June 27th. Their cases had been on hold while the Michigan Supreme Court reviewed a similar case, eventually ruling that dispensaries are not permitted under the Medical Marihuana Act approved by Michigan voters in 2008.

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