Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron Denied Medical Defense in Long Beach Pot Trial

• 4th District Court of Appeals to "Judge" Sheldon:  "NO." =D

• 8:00 AM Wednesday, October 12th* Long Beach Courthouse 415 West Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90802 (*Not the 13th)

• the largest war we are in is HERE, not OVER THERE somewhere, peace lovers http://www.theholyherb.com/drupal/node/15

• peace lovers, please intervene  http://www.theholyherb.com/drupal/node/15

• What do you guys think the pros[pects of conducting a recall on steve cooly is? I can guarentee one thing you could conduct a recall on the judge very easily.

• I was there last Thursday to bear witness to Judge Sheldon's utter defiance of California laws and logic regarding dispensaries, especially those guidelines written by Jerry brown himself. This tri-county raid conducted by Steve Cooley to appear "tough on crime" cost California taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ther proceedings in Judge Sheldon's kangaroo court will no doubt escalate it into the millions, while our Libraries close and Schools go underfunded. What a SHAM! Makes me wonder what Mr. Cooley, Judge Sheldon and Assistant D.A. DeStano were under the influence of when they decided it was a good idea to prosecute these two fine men, who have never run afoul of the law before. As a proud member of The Human Solution, I've seen the effect court support can have on the outcome of a trial. This group was founded by Mr. Grumbine to provide the exact kind of help that he so desperatly needs right now. I sincerely hope that you will join us in Long Beach Superior Court on October 13 as we fight for not only "the Joe's" freedom, but the freedoms of all medical cannabis patients, growers and collectives that the California voters were kind enough to bestow upon us 15 years ago. The Human Solution says it best..."No One Should Go To JAIL For A PLANT!"

• Yeah, like the Joe's are going to jail for semantics. Argue amongst yourselves over the words to use I'm sure that will help, ummmm, never!

• Chris Glew is a great Attorney who takes the time to not only represent his client but to also talk with those of us there to support the Joe's on numerous occasions. He tries to keep us positive and supporting our judicial system while explaining the in and outs of the law. He did not speak to us after the Judge's ruling that the defense he had prepared could not be used.  We've had access to this defense for 15 years with Medical Marijuana but because it is a defense only and not a statement that we are legal patients are still subject to arrest and prosecution and the denial of such a defense before a Jury. Tell me if a patient died on the operating table would you arrest the surgeon and deny his ability to tell the jury that he was a trained medical doctor in the middle of an operation or would you only show the bloody scalpel deny him the ability to say he was only doing his job under the law and try him for murder? No, of course not. So why do that for the Joe's? Discrimination against a law they didn't write and that they don't like, thats all this is.  Join in the fight against these unjust persecutions.

• prob is ppl keep calling it sales when its not and the feds feel like we r cutting them out of something waning to provide safe accsess to ppl

• there is no legal "sales" of mj Donations to cover the cost of growing is all

• keep them government workers working they should all just die 

• Actually Paul, they were both denied an opportunity to present an affirmative defense as early as their preliminary hearings, an even more egregious and patently incorrect ruling.  I sat in open court throughout and heard the prosecutor affirmatively misstate the law to that judge (not Sheldon).  When attorney Allison Margolin called out his lie, she was admonished by the judge for doing so.  That hearing was a kangaroo court in session and it sounds like this one was equally lacking in any sort of procedural protections we pretend our courts afford.  I am continually amazed by how easily misled so many of these judges are by unscrupulous district attorneys engaging in this non-sensical prosecutorial feeding frenzy. If they are trying to further undermine what little confidence people have left in our criminal justice system, I'd say "mission accomplished."

• Dude I think they are going to have to overturn that on appeal. I thought that they were initially given the affirmative defense some two appearances ago. I guess that got reversed. Anyway, its a shitty situation and I ont know how they can send in cops and council men o buy cannabis and then raid the places. It defies logic.

• Judge Sheldon is 80 years old?  Oh brother, he grew up in the Reefer Madness age. 

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