Legal gaffe no barrier to pot trial

Sacramento Bee ^ | July 2, 2002 | Denny Walsh

[Cultural Jihad]

Though no arraignment was held, the case can go on, the judge says.

A Sacramento federal judge decided Monday that the marijuana-growing trial of Bryan James Epis will continue, even though he has not entered a plea.

U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. ruled that the lack of an arraignment did not prejudice Epis because he and his attorneys knew of the grand jury indictment that replaced one with essentially the same charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.

[wienerdog.com]

After the Monday morning hearing broke up, Mike Rogers was detained by two drug agents because of the T-shirt he was wearing in court. While the agents were chasing Rogers down, Wong asked that Damrell return to the bench, and then told the judge the shirt bears the message, "No Justice."

You must be very proud. Your beloved drug war is some serious stuff.

[Cultural Jihad]

In the 1950s and 1960s, the FBI designated the guild a subversive, communist-infiltrated organization and, on the back of Rogers' shirt is the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's famous statement: "The National Lawyers' Guild is more dangerous than the people throwing the bombs."

The ideologues must be proud to stand with the Salon Bolsheviki in their attempts to influence a jury.

[wienerdog.com]

Are you basing J. Edgar Hoover's credibility on his habit at the time of the quote of wearing a dress, or on the present-day reputation of the FBI and their famous Hostage Rescue Teams?

[gcruse]

Defense lawyers and the prosecutor
blamed each other for the procedural mix-up

They just forgot.  Non-potsmokers
have lousy memories, you know.

[Chi-townChief]

"A Sacramento federal judge decided Monday that the marijuana-growing trial of Bryan James Epis will continue, even though he has not entered a plea."

Maybe Mr. Epis was just too wasted.