Pubdate: Fri, 21 Apr 2006
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2006 The Calgary Sun
Contact:  http://www.calgarysun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Kevin Martin
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

COPS GO ON TRIAL IN GROW-OP CASE

High-tech snooping by police is at the centre of a defence challenge 
to a raid by Calgary cops on a southwest marijuana grow operation.

Defence lawyer Charlie Stewart wants Justice Marsha Erb to rule his 
client's rights were violated when police searched his home after 
using a digital recording ammeter.

The device, which is placed on a transformer outside the home, 
measures electricity used over several days.

Const. Patricia McCallum, who swore information in support of a 
search warrant on Daniel James Gomboc's home, used the results to 
help get the warrant.

But McCallum told Crown prosecutor Eleanor Funk she had ample 
evidence without the electrical testing to justify a raid on Gomboc's home.

Gomboc, 30, faces charges of possession of marijuana for the purpose 
of trafficking and cultivation in connection with the Feb. 3, 2004, search.
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