Pubdate: Sat, 15 Mar 2014
Source: Free Press, The (MN)
Copyright: 2014 The Free Press
Contact:  http://www.mankatofreepress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2566
Author: Josh Moniz
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

NEW ULM MAN CHALLENGES POT ARREST

NEW ULM -- A New Ulm man is challenging his February arrest for a 
marijuana growing operation that was discovered in his house. He 
filed a motion to dismiss his case Wednesday in Brown County District Court.

Jon Hansen II, 33, of New Ulm is charged with felony fourth-degree 
and fifth-degree controlled substance sale, felony fifth-degree 
controlled substance possession and petty misdemeanor drug 
paraphernalia possession.

At the time of his arrest, police reportedly found fifteen different 
marijuana plants that were being grown in Hansen's mobile home.

Calvin P. Johnson and Elizabeth Levine, lawyers with the 
Mankato-based Calvin P. Johnson Law Firm, will represent Hansen in the case.

According to a Saturday press release from the firm, they plan to 
challenge the state's actions as overreach. In the release, they 
argue that the government lacks the power to ban marijuana under the 
9th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

They also plan to challenge marijuana's classification as a Schedule 
I drug because it has accepted medical uses. Finally, they also claim 
Hansen was growing the marijuana for personal use, so they will 
challenge the felony sale charges.

Hansen has an omnibus hearing scheduled for Tuesday in Brown County court.
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