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Submitted by PW (not verified) on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 11:17.
Based on what I have read in the article above:
- that marijuana is illegal if "open to public view",
- and that officer are persuading / coercing a person to present it in public (take it out of their pocket etc.), so the marijuana is in open view, and therefore "illegal"
It seems there may be a defense available becuse the officers are facillitating the illegal activity. A person is not doing anything illegal, in fact the article states it is not criminal to simply have the concealed marijuana, then the officer arrives and ASKS YOU to do something illegal and arrests you.
Perhaps the officers should be charged with aiding and abbeting becuse they assisted in bringing about a criminal act. Its as if you've had a couple of drinks and then an officer persuades / coerces you to drive, then arrests you for DWI. The officer persuade you to do something illegal and then arrest. This is a legal atrocity!
I would reccomend anyone in this situation to seek criminal defense counsel!
-PW
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Based on what I have read in the article above:
- that marijuana is illegal if "open to public view",
- and that officer are persuading / coercing a person to present it in public (take it out of their pocket etc.), so the marijuana is in open view, and therefore "illegal"
It seems there may be a defense available becuse the officers are facillitating the illegal activity. A person is not doing anything illegal, in fact the article states it is not criminal to simply have the concealed marijuana, then the officer arrives and ASKS YOU to do something illegal and arrests you.
Perhaps the officers should be charged with aiding and abbeting becuse they assisted in bringing about a criminal act. Its as if you've had a couple of drinks and then an officer persuades / coerces you to drive, then arrests you for DWI. The officer persuade you to do something illegal and then arrest. This is a legal atrocity!
I would reccomend anyone in this situation to seek criminal defense counsel!
-PW