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Criminal

Oct. 22, 2009

Illegal Seizure Upends Pot Case

A day after the U.S. government eased up on medical marijuana users, a case involving $186,000 seized from a cannabis clinic went south for prosecutors.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

One day after the Obama administration eased its stance on enforcing federal laws against medical marijuana patients, a Los Angeles case involving $186,000 seized from a busy Wilshire Boulevard cannabis clinic went south for U.S. prosecutors.

Federal judges disclosed a possible motive for the raid - which turned out to have been based on a constitutionally flawed warrant - and the ensui...

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