The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals recently overturned jury convictions of a felony cocaine charge and a misdemeanor for the simple possession of marijuana on the basis of an invalid search warrant. The trial court had sentenced the defendant to six years for the felony facilitation of intent to deliver cocaine and 11 months and
While most of the attention of this week’s election focused on the Presidential race, the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington state and the approval of same-sex marriage in Maine and Maryland will have a more profound and longer term effect on state and Federal laws—and probably on everyday life, as well. Marijuana is classified as an illegal drug