obviously not a preeminent weed lawyer representing this poor chap.
Why would the defense go for it , perhaps becaiuse of the recent jail time he was hooped, but a credible lawyer would have done a deal with the crown where in exchange for a guilty plea that crown would not seek jail time, then schedule a one day sentencing hearing where defense argues for a discharge, files a constitutional challenge alleging the barrier of affordability (doctors charging clinic fees) means the acmpr is unconstitutional etc etc, and have a filed acmpr application of the defendant , filed as an exhibit for the judge, and using as case law all those who get discharges for similar or worse offences, so hear i would say blame the lawyer for caving, if the guy had hired one of the known weed lawyer, e.g. tousaw im sure he could of obtained a discharge, unless the fellows priors would have prohibited one...