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Pot Dispensary Owner Sentenced to Prison in Los Angeles

By Walin & Klarich

Thoughts by a Wallin & Klarich Criminal Defense Attorney A Morro Bay pot dispensary owner was sentenced to one year and one day in prison by a federal judge in Los Angeles, according to a published report on latimes.com. Charles Lynch, 47, was prosecuted for illegally distributing marijuana from his Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers facility, despite having the blessing of Morro Bay?s mayor, city attorney and other civic leaders. His California drug crime case has become a symbol, nationwide, of the growing rift between state and federal medical marijuana laws. Cultivating, using and selling doctor-prescribed marijuana is allowed in California and about a dozen other states, but such activities are banned entirely under federal law. Lynch?s defense attorneys attempted to portray him as a distributor of medicine to the sickly who were seeking relief from chronic illnesses...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).