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Breaking News: CO: ADAMS COUNTY JURY ACQUITS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAREGIVER OF CRIMINAL
CHARGES FOR 226 MARIJUANA PLANTS AND NINE PATIENTS
_Landmark Case for “Medical Necessity” Caregiver Defense_
_October 27, 2011, Brighton, CO_: Late this afternoon, an Adams District
Court jury of twelve citizens delivered a “not guilty” verdict in the
felony criminal trial of _People v. Richard Wainwright, Jr._, Adams
District Case No. 10CR007.
Mr. Wainwright’s lead defense lawyer Robert J. Corry, Jr., said “This
case establishes that a Medical Marijuana caregiver can cultivate or
possess as much marijuana as is medically-necessary for his patients.
The verdict eviscerates the all-too-frequently repeated legal fiction
that a caregiver or patient is strictly limited to six plants and two
ounces of medicine.”
Mr. Wainwright was charged with “Felony Cultivation of Marijuana” and
“Misdemeanor Child Abuse” stemming from his indoor medical marijuana
garden in Thornton, Colorado. In December 2009, seven armed detectives
from the elite paramilitary North Metro Drug Task Force descended on Mr.
Wainwright’s home garden, and took clippings from an alleged 226
marijuana plants.
The jury trial lasted four days, took twelve citizens away from their
jobs and families, used up hours of limited courtroom time, required a
District Court Judge and staff, was litigated by a highly experienced
senior-level prosecutor, forced six police detectives or officers off
the streets, and placed Mr. Wainwright and his family in a terrifying
position. The trial featured testimony about Mr. Wainwright’s former
patients, one of whom died from her breast cancer in February 2011 while
the case awaited trial. It is estimated that the cost of the trial to
Adams County taxpayers exceeded $100,000.00, so far.
The District Attorney brought the costly trial while Adams and
Broomfield County voters consider Question 1A, whether to exempt the
District Attorney from the eight-year term limit that applies to
other elected public servants in these counties.
Following the verdict, Mr. Wainwright walked out of Court, convicted of
nothing, shaking and sobbing with emotion after this long ordeal ended.
He thanked the Jury for their service.
In the next week, it is expected that Mr. Wainwright and his legal team
will be retrieving Medical Marijuana seized by the North Metro Drug Task
Force.
Here's where I found it,
http://forums.cannabisculture.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1719697
but I couldn't verify with anything else.
I'll keep looking tomorrow but the news people are NOT all over this. Seems to be on the DL. I'll e-mail the RMN tomorrow and ask them why it's not newsworthy. West word should know as well.
Breaking News: CO: ADAMS COUNTY JURY ACQUITS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAREGIVER OF CRIMINAL
CHARGES FOR 226 MARIJUANA PLANTS AND NINE PATIENTS
_Landmark Case for “Medical Necessity” Caregiver Defense_
_October 27, 2011, Brighton, CO_: Late this afternoon, an Adams District
Court jury of twelve citizens delivered a “not guilty” verdict in the
felony criminal trial of _People v. Richard Wainwright, Jr._, Adams
District Case No. 10CR007.
Mr. Wainwright’s lead defense lawyer Robert J. Corry, Jr., said “This
case establishes that a Medical Marijuana caregiver can cultivate or
possess as much marijuana as is medically-necessary for his patients.
The verdict eviscerates the all-too-frequently repeated legal fiction
that a caregiver or patient is strictly limited to six plants and two
ounces of medicine.”
Mr. Wainwright was charged with “Felony Cultivation of Marijuana” and
“Misdemeanor Child Abuse” stemming from his indoor medical marijuana
garden in Thornton, Colorado. In December 2009, seven armed detectives
from the elite paramilitary North Metro Drug Task Force descended on Mr.
Wainwright’s home garden, and took clippings from an alleged 226
marijuana plants.
The jury trial lasted four days, took twelve citizens away from their
jobs and families, used up hours of limited courtroom time, required a
District Court Judge and staff, was litigated by a highly experienced
senior-level prosecutor, forced six police detectives or officers off
the streets, and placed Mr. Wainwright and his family in a terrifying
position. The trial featured testimony about Mr. Wainwright’s former
patients, one of whom died from her breast cancer in February 2011 while
the case awaited trial. It is estimated that the cost of the trial to
Adams County taxpayers exceeded $100,000.00, so far.
The District Attorney brought the costly trial while Adams and
Broomfield County voters consider Question 1A, whether to exempt the
District Attorney from the eight-year term limit that applies to
other elected public servants in these counties.
Following the verdict, Mr. Wainwright walked out of Court, convicted of
nothing, shaking and sobbing with emotion after this long ordeal ended.
He thanked the Jury for their service.
In the next week, it is expected that Mr. Wainwright and his legal team
will be retrieving Medical Marijuana seized by the North Metro Drug Task
Force.
Here's where I found it,
http://forums.cannabisculture.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1719697
but I couldn't verify with anything else.
I'll keep looking tomorrow but the news people are NOT all over this. Seems to be on the DL. I'll e-mail the RMN tomorrow and ask them why it's not newsworthy. West word should know as well.
