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California Jury Acquits
Disabled Vet Growing 131 Medical Marijuana Plants
From The Contra Costa Times
cctletrs@netcom.com
http://www.hotcoco.com/index.htm December
11, 1998
(Marijuananews note: When the House of Lords committee
recommended making medical marijuana available immediately one of the reasons that they
cited was the increasing reluctance of UK juries to convict medical marijuana users. Such
acquittals make the laws unenforceable.
See
UK Jury Acquits
Man For Growing "Medicinal Cannabis;" More Pressure On Government, Reports
London Times
and
The House of Lords
Press Release On Medical Marijuana; Medical, Yes; Legalization, No
Unfortunately, this verdict creates no precedent, but it does send
the right message to the local prosecutors. Where and who you are determines the kind of
"justice" that you will get.) See
Blind Man Subject To
Uncontrollable Vomiting Convicted In California
Of Growing Marijuana For Other Medical Users
and links
VETERAN ACQUITTED ON MARIJUANA CHARGE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKEPORT ---- A Vietnam War veteran who said he suffered from a host of medical
problems has been found innocent of growing marijuana for sale.
A jury on Thursday acquitted Charles Lepp, 46, who was accused
of growing 131 marijuana plants in his yard.
Lepp testified that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic back pain,
skin cancer, degenerative arthritis and manic depression.
He said a doctor had authorized him to use marijuana to ease his pain. Prosecutors
contended the marijuana that could be harvested from the 3-foot to 4-foot high plants far
outstripped his needs. Lepp told investigators that he planned to give anything he
didn’t need to a friend.
Deputy District Attorney Fred Raper also argued that Lepp did not have a doctor’s
authorization.
Lepp’s was the first medical marijuana case taken to trial
in either Lake or Mendocino County since the 1996 approval of Proposition 215,
which sought to legalize cultivation and use of marijuana to treat medical ailments.
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