Christen, Don 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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1 US ME: PUB LTE: Jurors Understood Case Was About Medical MarijuanaTue, 30 Dec 2008
Source:Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME) Author:Christen, Don Area:Maine Lines:48 Added:01/01/2009

In my recent case involving medical marijuana patient Carroll Cummings, and my appointed caregiver status for him, Justice William Anderson accepted and approved Cummings' doctor's authorization document as well as the caregiver appointment document as meeting the requirements by statute to possess and provide Cummings his medical marijuana.

The jurors were instructed that they could apply the affirmative defense under the law to my case if they felt it applied. My lawyer, Walter McKee, had shown the jury that this was obviously all about medical marijuana, so the jury decided in just an hour and a quarter to return a verdict of "not guilty."

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