Pubdate: Thu, 17 Oct 2002
Source: New Times (CA)
Copyright: 2002 New Times
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MEDICAL POT PATIENT PREVAILS IN COURT

Donovan No Runner, who staged a month-long "occupation" of the county 
courthouse steps in San Luis Obispo to protest his arrest and police 
confiscation of his medical marijuana supply has been vindicated.

Charges of marijuana possession were dismissed recently, and Judge Barry 
LaBarbara issued a court order to San Luis Obispo police to return No 
Runner's stash. The Native American suffers from a bipolar condition and 
has a physician's prescription for the drug. He said he explained that to 
officers who cited him and took his pot, but to no avail.

"It went as expected," said No Runner's San Luis Obispo attorney Lou Koory 
of the court proceedings. "Judge LaBarbara's ruling was appropriate. Mr. No 
Runner will get his medication back."

During No Runner's residency on the courthouse steps, he erected a tent and 
was accompanied by his wife and infant. Koory said that time, "There's is 
nothing more American than what Donovan No Runner is doing."
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