Green, seen here speaking at a St.
Lawrence County Legislature meeting
Posted on 12/01/2007 1:02:17 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A Federal judge has dropped charges against a Lisbon man after his lawyer successfully argued that the marijuana authorities seized on his Keystone Road property was actually wild hemp.
52-year-old Patrick Green was arrested in August and accused of having nearly 900 marijuana plants and pot being prepared for sale in his barn on Keystone Road. Authorities said they were tipped off to Green’s activities by parents of youths who may have been involved in the drug activities.
Green’s lawyer Melissa Tuohey argued that the plants were hemp and not marijuana, and were growing in an area known to have wild hemp. She and a Private Investigator visited the site of the farm and found “numerous” areas where the plant was growing.
Additionally, a bust in 2003 that was credited as a massive seizure by authorities just 1 mile away from Green’s farm is now believed to have been hemp growing wild. The Sheriff said at the time they believed it was marijuana, even though it was apparent there had been no one tending it and was growing at random. Tuohey said the area where that plot had been burned was now inhabited again by wild hemp.
According to the Watertown Daily Times this morning, Judge David Peebles dismissed the charges against Green “in the interest of justice”. Green had been released from Federal custody in October on his own recognizance after Tuohey presented her findings to the court.
The hemp is growing on his head.
Oh my......
My understanding is most plants targeted by these outdoor raids are “ditchweed” aka hemp.
The Green, Green grass of home. . . .
I am betting every sentence ended with the word “man” during his testimony.
;-D
His Kilo-stoned Road property.
I thought you had to be a woman to be one of those.
"Hey, man, pass those nachos over."
This dude probably can’t make it three blocks without getting pulled over.
Guy does so much grass he can even P. Green.
"Hey, man, pass those nachos the BONG over." That's more like it!
Ricky Williams's new rehab facility.
Surprised he was able to recognize himself.
Dr. Johnny Fever has really gone downhill since he lost his radio gig.
That’s gotta be Cheech’s long lost brother, man!
Guilty.
Guilty?
Hey, man! You shouldn't eat those! You don't know what's in it. It could be dog or something...
"Good dog!!!"
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