County Facing Two Cases Where Medical Marijuana Taken But Patients' Status Upheld

A north county AIDS patient will ask a county court Thursday to order the return of marijuana seized during an October raid on his Laytonville-area home.

Even as attorneys prepare to argue that case, a challenge to a judge's order that police return medical marijuana seized from a Willits couple has been filed with the state's highest court.

That appeal was filed with the California Supreme Court on August 31 by the state Attorney General's Office. The seven-justice court has until October 30 to decide whether it will review the case or not.

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