Family Values Placer County
Style:
Kubby Trial Delayed By Pregnancy Complications,
So Sheriff and DA Move To Seize The Kubby’s Property Before Trial.
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Kubby Trial Delayed
Until February
(Marijuananews note: Isn’t this just wonderful! Placer County
law enforcement must use the same PR firm as the Nazi Party, among other things!) August
12, 1999
For Immediate Release
Placer County Sheriff’s Department Initiates Forfeiture After Pregnancy
Complications
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Justice Delayed Is
Sometimes A Deliberate Injustice -- Kubby Update
(Auburn, CA) Following Tuesdays grant of a continuance in the medical marijuana trial
of Steve and Michele Kubby due to complications with Mrs. Kubby’s pregnancy, Placer
County law enforcement officials are moving to seize the couple’s assets.
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Forfeiture Abuses At
the State Level Will Continue.
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"First came the question: Do you believe in the president’s war on
drugs?"
According to Truckee Attorney Dale Wood who represents Mr. Kubby, Placer County Deputy
Sheriff Michael Lyke telephoned today to discover where he could serve the Kubbys with
papers to initiate civil asset forfeiture proceedings. On Tuesday Judge Robert G. Vonasek
found good cause that Michele Kubby, 33, could not proceed to trial for medical reasons. He ruled to continue the trial to February 15, 2000, over the objection of
prosecutors.
Michele Kubby’s medical condition stems from complications with her current
pregnancy. Last fall, while her husband was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor
in California, she suffered a miscarriage.
According to Wood, law enforcement officials are moving to claim
as their own $2,374 in currency, one digital camera, and one computer, which officers
seized from the Kubbys on January 19. Earlier the Kubbys had moved to take possession of
their computer for an independent examination to see if law enforcement officials had
tampered with the evidence.
See
Court Refuses to
Return The Kubbys’ Computers, Forcing Them Into Bankruptcy;
How Seizing Computers Undermines Our 4th Amendment And Other Basic Rights.
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"It’s absolutely unbelievable that the sheriff and
district attorney want to take this kind of retribution against Steve and Michele Kubby
right after two medical doctors found her condition so dire as to persuade Judge Vonasek
to postpone the trial," said attorney Wood.
"This shows the heavy political motivation behind this prosecution," said
Steve Kubby. "What kind of human being goes after a pregnant
woman facing serious medical problems with this kind of behavior?" asked Kubby,
adding, "’to serve and protect’ cannot be the motto for law enforcement
types in Placer County."
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