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Title: South Florida Man Charged With Growing Marijuana, Found Not Guilty (Jury Nullification)
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NBC Miami
URL Source: http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ ... ound-Not-Guilty-294721291.html
Published: Mar 3, 2015
Author: Keith Jones
Post Date: 2015-03-03 21:51:25 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 5959
Comments: 32
A South Florida man charged with growing marijuana he claims he needs for a medical condition was found not guilty Monday. Jesse Teplicki, 50, had been charged with manufacturing cannabis and was facing up to five years behind bars. "This case is about medical marijuana and for the hundreds of thousands of patients who can use this medicine as an alternative," Teplicki said. It took jurors just 30 minutes to return the verdict. "A lot of suffering. I really felt here was somebody with a lot of issues, with a lot of suffering since he was nine years old," juror Mark Munzer said. "Everything was justified." Teplicki suffers from a severe case of anorexia which suppresses his appetite and makes him nauseous. Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested him last year for the cultivation and possession of 46 marijuana plants. Prosecutors had called into question the amount of pot plants for just one person, but jurors said it was a case about compassion. "This was a groundbreaking case and we are very pleased that the jury acquitted Mr. Teplicki on all charges," said Michael Minardi, Teplicki's attorney. "The evidence showed he was using cannabis to help him manage a serious and painful medical condition which he has endured for years." Teplicki is the first person in Florida to have a jury of his peers decide if he’s guilty or not of using marijuana as a medicine. "I hope this invigorates the State of Florida and all people who are being charged with cannabis to fight," Teplicki said. "That's the only way you make change." Teplicki said he will resume life as he knows it. "I go home this evening, I have a meal with my wife and smoke a fat one before it and that's it," he said.
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#5. To: hondo68 (#0)
46 MARIJUANA PLANTS??? For "medical" use? "Teplicki suffers from a severe case of anorexia which suppresses his appetite" So what's he doing ... eating the plants for dinner? "Medical" marijuana is not even legal in Florida. And if it ever is, I doubt they'll allow anyone to grow $200,000 worth.
The jury verdict is that growing (manufacturing) 46 marijuana plants is LEGAL. What are you going to do, arrest the jury because you hate the rule of law? Your true anarchist colors are showing.
Don't you mean, "What are you going to do, arrest the jury because they hate the rule of law?" "The jury verdict is that growing (manufacturing) 46 marijuana plants is LEGAL." The jury verdict is that, despite federal and state laws to the contrary, they were not going to convict a "medical" marijuana grower. How do you explain the 46 plants?
How do you explain how prosecution of medical marijuana growing in Florida will change as a result. Every prosecutor will look at these cases as having changed from a slamdunk conviction to a question mark. And prosecutors don't like to lose cases. Nor do they want to be part of prosecutions in which juries nullify statutes on the books repeatedly. They hate it more than the judges do. Such prosecutions are changed now across Florida, perhaps some other states in the region too.
This was one jury, one case. And, for all we know, the vote could have been 11-1 to convict with one doper voting no. So I wouldn't read too much into it. Plus, I think medical marijuana is going to be on the Florida ballot soon.
This is the breakdown of last November's medical marijuana vote in FL by age. Armed with the following info, even a minimally competent attorney could select a sympathetic jury. ___________________________________________________________________ Age => Yes / No 18-24 => 83% / 17% 25-29 => 75% / 25% 30-39 => 68% / 32% 40-49 => 63% / 37% 50-64 => 58% / 42% 65 + => 38% / 62% www.nbcnews .com/politics/elections/2014/FL/I1/exitpoll __________________________________________________________________ BTW, people over 70 are exempt from jury duty in FL. Face it, medical marijuana has come to Florida.
You seem rather confident that all of the juries will vote "Jury nullification" in the state of Florida. I highly doubt it. It's a BandAid to the gushing wound caused when someone willingly breaks a states law that we both know would be constitutionally upheld in the USSC. Why are pro drug activist so apposed to getting existing laws repealed? Why do I see 95% effort in breaking the laws and 5% effort in changing them with the pro drug groups? Should be a cinch, getting legal recreational weed passed with the voter stats you posted. Something tells me you don't have faith in your own numbers. lol Jury nullification, as a general practice, is a slippery slope. You didn't see the Homo activists butt slamming their boyfriends and getting out of sodomy charges by "Jury nullification", 50 years ago. They got the consensual sodomy laws repealed... and those pickle smoocher's were able to do all that before the general populace had HALF the support towards fags as you posted they have for weed. Stop wasting LE time... get the stuff legal for gosh sakes.
Full legalization in FL is probably a few years away. However, defacto medical mj is a fact of life, whether LE wants to admit it or not. It took a jury 30 minutes to acquit a guy with 46 MARIJUANA PLANTS!!! They told the prosecution to get effed. And I know that just chaps your hide and that of Florida LE => ___________________________________________________________________________ Sheriffs take lead against legalizing medical pot May 1, 2014 Florida's proposed medical marijuana amendment finally has a coordinated statewide opposition, led by the Florida Sheriffs Association and including a coalition of law enforcement and substance abuse groups. They are launching a campaign called "Don't Let Florida Go To Pot" to oppose Amendment 2, which would legalize marijuana for medical purposes. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-05-01/news/os-medical- marijuana-opponents-emerge-20140423_1_amendment-2-florida-sheriffs-association- law-enforcement ___________________________________________________________________________
#20. To: kenh (#19)
I'm in favor of legalized marijuana. I've never stated to the contrary. Suck all the carcinogenic smoke in your lungs you like.
I see that today the Colorado sheriffs are filing federal lawsuit to strike down Colorado's on the grounds that it forces them to choose between enforcing Colorado's laws and federal law. I'm trying to decide if the Court, limping along on its dual crutches of legal standing and the Commerce Clause, will take up the case or just punt. Most often, the Court wants cases to "mature".
Obviously not members of LEAP.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested him last year for the cultivation and possession of 46 marijuana plants."
#10. To: misterwhite (#5)
"Medical" marijuana is not even legal in Florida.
#11. To: hondo68 (#10)
"What are you going to do, arrest the jury because you hate the rule of law?"
#12. To: misterwhite (#11)
How do you explain the 46 plants?
#13. To: TooConservative (#12)
"How do you explain how prosecution of medical marijuana growing in Florida will change as a result."
#15. To: misterwhite (#13)
#16. To: kenh (#15)
BTW, people over 70 are exempt from jury duty in FL. Face it, medical marijuana has come to Florida.
#19. To: GrandIsland (#16)
Stop wasting LE time... get the stuff legal for gosh sakes.
Replies to Comment # 19. And I know that just chaps your hide and that of Florida LE =>
#22. To: kenh, GrandIsland (#19)
Florida's proposed medical marijuana amendment finally has a coordinated statewide opposition, led by the Florida Sheriffs Association and including a coalition of law enforcement and substance abuse groups.
#24. To: kenh (#19)
"Sheriffs take lead against legalizing medical pot"
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