CA Pot Dispensary Owner Gets A Year and a Day
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 08:46:02 PM EST
Tags: medical marijuana (all tags)
Posted on Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 08:46:02 PM EST
Tags: medical marijuana (all tags)
Charles Lynch was sentenced today to a year and a day for possession of pot plants and distribution.
Lynch was convicted last summer of illegally possessing more than 100 marijuana plants and of distributing more than 100 kilograms of the drug from his Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers facility in downtown Morro Bay. He was prosecuted despite having the blessing of the city's mayor, city attorney and other civic leaders.
The Government had asked for five years. As Lynch says,
"The government tried to make me the Pablo Escobar of medical marijuana, and the judge saw past that."
Background here.
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