Kangaroo Court Judge In The News

In an earlier post we reported or re-reported news about the farce of a medical marijuana trial that occurred in the Long Beach Superior Court this past December.

Now comes word that the Honorable Judge Charles Sheldon who presided over the trial sent a complimentary letter to the prosecutor after the trial was concluded.  However the end of the trial does not mark the end of a case.  Technically this matter is still pending since sentencing and other post-conviction motions still have to be adjudicated.  Sound messy?? So how to fix this mess?  What any honorable jurist would do-punt.

Yes Judge Sheldon has now recused himself from the rest of this case admitting a huge mistake. As you can expect this will not be the last we hear about this matter and it will be ripe for Appeal.

One cautionary note for the defense the new judge is Judge Comparet-Cassani.  She came into fame for electric wanding a criminal defendant in her courtroom.

For the rest of the story from the Press Telegram:

http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_19720457

Long Beach Update

As many of you are aware of by now the up and down legality of collectives in Long Beach is now on life support.  There is a slight reprieve until January 17, 2012.  So for now the patient that is safe access to medical marijuana in Long Beach breaths is alive- for now.

As their are some fine collectives in Long Beach, here is for hoping that they continue to live.  They are calling for your support at the city council meeting on January 17, 2012.

Stay tuned.

Garden Grove Sends Out Notices

According to a few collective owners, the city of Garden Grove has begun issuing cease and desist notices to those stores who were not approved during the so called "licensing" procedure.  Garden Grove began their licensing procedure last fall.  It called for a retroactive application to June 30, 2011 for stores that were in operation prior to that point.

Fomrer Collective Owners Convicted

Surprise, surprise, surprise.  Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron former collective owners and verified caregivers if there ever were caregivers have been convicted in Long Beach Superior Court.

Personally being very familiar with both Long Beach Courts and the Judge involved here, Judge Shelton, this conviction is hardly a surprise.  Neither was the one sided nature of things which according to the OC Weekly included shielding the jury from the audience, limiting defense witnesses etc.

An appeal is expected.

Here is the full story:

http://www.ocweekly.com/2011-12-22/news/judge-charles-d-sheldon-joe-byron-grumbine-medical-marijuana/