Life in Prison for Growing Medical Marijuana? (protest tomorrow 8am Denver)

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Originally Posted by BreckLoft

Worst part was, the amounts that he estimated he would make were so ludacris, that you would have thought it was the feds themselves who were evaluating the operation.

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Ludacris is gonna be there?!?

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Originally Posted by lampost

Ludacris is gonna be there?!?

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Yep so is Snoop & Redman
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lol :)

Any reports?

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Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter

Any reports?

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cologrower420 will be holding a protest to protest the protesters? :D

I surely don't know it.

It does, however, seem reasonable to me that his U.S. Constitutional rights are being violated, if he was in compliance with Amendment 20 of Colorado Constitution. The 9th U.S. amendment speaks of rights retained by the people. We in Colorado retained the right use Medical Marijuana by initiative. The 10th limits the Federal powers to those enumerated in the Constitution, nothing more.

Long live Amendment 20, a retained right!

Colorado pot grower loses round in federal court
By KRISTEN WYATT (AP) â?? 4 hours ago

DENVER â?? A suburban pot grower who wants to use Colorado's medical marijuana law to fend off federal drug charges lost a round Wednesday in a court battle that began after a TV reporter did a story on his basement cultivation operation.

U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected Christopher Bartkowicz's argument that he was growing new types of marijuana with medicinal value that were wrongly included on a federal list of illegal drugs.

"The new strains of marijuana have a therapeutic effect," Bartkowicz's lawyer Joseph Saint-Veltri said.

Brimmer, however, sided with federal prosecutors who said a judge can't decide to exempt some kinds of marijuana from the federal designation.

"That line of inquiry may be academic, and it may be interesting, but it has no place in a federal courtroom," Assistant U.S. Attorney M.J. Menendez argued.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided Bartkowicz' house on Feb. 12 after he showed a KUSA-TV reporter the growing operation in his home in the Highlands Ranch development south of Denver.

Bartkowicz took the stand Wednesday to make his argument that he had followed Colorado state medical marijuana rules and didn't think he would be subject to federal prosecution.

His criminal trial on federal cultivation charges is scheduled for Nov. 1. The hearing Wednesday involved his fight to use Colorado pot rules as part of his defense.

Brimmer had yet to rule on that motion.

On the stand, Bartkowicz described himself as a naive grower who agreed to meet with the TV reporter because he thought it would be good for the medical marijuana industry to show the public how it works.

"I felt I was following state law," Bartkowicz said. "I felt no fear in doing a public interview."

His home was raided after promotions for the story aired on KUSA. Agents reviewed some copies of medical marijuana patient cards that named Bartkowicz as their caregiver and concluded he did not have enough cards to justify the amount of marijuana he was growing.

Bartkowicz contended in court that he shouldn't be prosecuted because officials in the administration of President Obama have said federal resources wouldn't be spent investigating pot cases when state law allows medical marijuana use.

Menendez challenged Bartkowicz, pointing out a memo from a Department of Justice official that called federal drug prosecution "unlikely" but not impossible in such cases.

Bartkowicz has said federal agents miscounted the number of marijuana plants in his house and that he later located additional patient cards.

Brimmer refused Bartkowicz's attempts to subpoena the KUSA-TV reporter who did the story.

The judge also rejected a Bartkowicz attempt to call as a witness the state's senior director for medical marijuana enforcement to ask about state discussions with the DEA about pot enforcement.

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Originally Posted by BreckLoft

This situation is really sad.

Kid was popped cause he said he was going to make alot of money on TV. Worst part was, the amounts that he estimated he would make were so ludacris, that you would have thought it was the feds themselves who were evaluating the operation.

I cannot be there but I wish him the best.

I don't think there is anything he can do about a conviction but I hope that they are seriously lenient with the sentencing.

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no he announced himself to the feds , his undoing. the coming years will close many growers and dispensaries, as soon as the next asshole gets into office.

meded the finest in quality;)

That's an interesting defense.

Brimmer refused Bartkowicz's attempts to subpoena the KUSA-TV reporter who did the story.

The judge also rejected a Bartkowicz attempt to call as a witness the state's senior director for medical marijuana enforcement to ask about state discussions with the DEA about pot enforcement.[/QUOTE]

That's some shady shit right there the Feds don't play fair at all