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Jurors in the marijuana-for-sale trial of Olympic Valley's Steve and Michele
Kubby will resume deliberations Monday in Auburn.
The eight-woman, four-man panel was given the case late Thursday and began
deliberations Friday following a trial that spanned four months.
On Friday, Judge John Cosgrove dismissed charges of hashish possession
against the Kubbys. A concentrated form of marijuana, the hashish was found
during a January 19, 1999 raid on the Kubbys' home, along with 265 pot
plants.
J. David Nick, attorney for Michele Kubby, and J. Tony Serra, Steve Kubby's
attorney, made the request to drop the charges at a hearing Friday. They
argued hashish is a form of marijuana and shouldn't be considered in a
separate count when the Kubbys are already charged with possession of
cannabis for sale.
With the possession of hashish charge removed, the jury will continue to
consider the possession-of marijuana-for-sale allegation, plus charges of
cultivating marijuana, conspiracy to grow and sell pot, plus possession of
peyote and a magic mushroom stem.
The Kubbys maintain that the grow was for their own medicinal use. Both had
doctors' recommendations to use and grow pot under Prop. 215. Steve Kubby,
the Libertarian candidate for governor in 1998, was a key player in the 1996
passage of the Compassionate Use Act by California voters.
Pubdate: 17 Dec, 2000
Source: Auburn Journal (CA)
Copyright: 2000 The Auburn Journal
Contact: ajournal@foothill.net
Address: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603
Website: Auburn California News | Auburn Journal
Author: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
Phone: (530) 885-6585
Related: Official Steve Kubby Home Page
Kubby will resume deliberations Monday in Auburn.
The eight-woman, four-man panel was given the case late Thursday and began
deliberations Friday following a trial that spanned four months.
On Friday, Judge John Cosgrove dismissed charges of hashish possession
against the Kubbys. A concentrated form of marijuana, the hashish was found
during a January 19, 1999 raid on the Kubbys' home, along with 265 pot
plants.
J. David Nick, attorney for Michele Kubby, and J. Tony Serra, Steve Kubby's
attorney, made the request to drop the charges at a hearing Friday. They
argued hashish is a form of marijuana and shouldn't be considered in a
separate count when the Kubbys are already charged with possession of
cannabis for sale.
With the possession of hashish charge removed, the jury will continue to
consider the possession-of marijuana-for-sale allegation, plus charges of
cultivating marijuana, conspiracy to grow and sell pot, plus possession of
peyote and a magic mushroom stem.
The Kubbys maintain that the grow was for their own medicinal use. Both had
doctors' recommendations to use and grow pot under Prop. 215. Steve Kubby,
the Libertarian candidate for governor in 1998, was a key player in the 1996
passage of the Compassionate Use Act by California voters.
Pubdate: 17 Dec, 2000
Source: Auburn Journal (CA)
Copyright: 2000 The Auburn Journal
Contact: ajournal@foothill.net
Address: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603
Website: Auburn California News | Auburn Journal
Author: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
Phone: (530) 885-6585
Related: Official Steve Kubby Home Page