(Ed. note: I missed this
during my travels.)From The Orange County Register
letters@link.freedom.com
http://www.ocregister.com/
August 30, 1998
See
Chavez Changes Attorneys;
Seeking More Aggressive Medical Marijuana Defense
On Friday Marvin Chavez, founder of the Orange County Patient, Doctor, Nurse Support
Group, which has tried to develop a distribution system to get marijuana to patients who
are authorized to use it under Proposition 215, got a new lawyer and a new date to begin
his trial on 10 counts of selling marijuana.
James Silva of Los Angeles, who has defended people who tried to set up medical
marijuana distribution networks in San Diego, San Francisco and Ventura counties, is Mr.
Chavez’s new lawyer, permitted to take the case after the
public defender’s office declared it had a conflict because it was defending other
medical-marijuana cases.
Mr Chavez will have to raise money to pay Mr. Silva, who told us he will have to study
the case to date to see if he can find a way to bring about a change in Superior Court
Judge Frank Fasel’s decision not to allow Prop. 215 to be used as part of the Chavez
defense.
See
Second Judge
Rules Prop 215 Cannot Be Used In Chavez Defense – 2 Articles
Some pre-trial motions are expected and the trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 28 at 9
a.m.
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