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Court Returns 12 Pounds of Pot to Acquitted Medical Marijuana Patient

Tue, May 05, 2009 12:37 pm

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When Richard Daleman was arrested in December and charged with possessing and cultivating marijuana for sales, it seemed unlikely he’d ever be reunited with his confiscated stash. However, that is exactly what happened outside of the Tulare County Courthouse late last month.

In March a jury acquitted Daleman, a medical marijuana patient in good standing. This prompted a judge to rule that Daleman’s medicine, which had been stowed in the courthouse evidence room, be returned. After prosecutors delayed the return of his property, Daleman decided to head down to the courthouse and retrieve it himself.

Daleman proceeded to roll out 12 pounds of marijuana from the courthouse and load it into a waiting truck. Before driving away, however, Daleman made sure to weigh (and sniff) his medicine. All in all, Daleman admits, “They maintained it pretty good.”

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tray

Jun 22 2009, 1:54 pm

Appoint this judge to the supreme court!

benjammin

Jun 4 2009, 9:06 pm

Why is it pot heads can't spell?

jack daniels milam

May 29 2009, 4:14 pm

wel lets see . i dont take asprin ,pepto bismol, sinus meds,pain meds,flumeds or any other kind of synthetic drugs, but i do smoke pot,and it works pretty good for me and without all the dismol side effects of u.s.a approved medicines but hey fuck we are the ones voting them inyeah im pretty fuckin fed up with the laws today its simply refuckindiculous.i hate liars and stupid people and our countrys leaders take the cake oops i fucked this comment up but im not starting it over so just figure it out.any body ever heard of protest? voice your opinion loud and proud and people will listen people need to start standing together and up for one another if were to get any where . peace

GBenton561

May 11 2009, 5:38 pm

You're dumb. Drinking and driving is not legal, but yes, smoking should be.

treehugger

May 11 2009, 4:49 pm

and they didn't charge any commission for storing/curing/guarding it?

ya right

May 10 2009, 10:13 am

let me understand this, its legal to get stinking drunk all falling down pissing on yourself, then drive a car kill a mother and 3 kids. but its not legal to sit in my own house smoke pot not bother anybody... im proud to be american but in ashamed and of our governmant

jeffcudneysr

May 10 2009, 10:03 am

why do people hide their names my name is jeffrey allen cudney sr and i smoke pot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jeff cudneysr

May 10 2009, 9:59 am

lies lies lies . when i was a kid in school the teacher shoed us a videa of a man and woman smoking pot and was told this it what will happen to you if you smoke pot thay then proceded to drive off the cliff all lauphing n shit. the paople who are saying its not time to legalive pot are the same peaple who still saying pt is bad for you

May 9 2009, 12:31 am

if i had all the weed back that the cops took, id have like an ounce foreal. they only caught me with g's and 8ths but still. gimme back my shit!!!!!!!!!

anthill1815

May 8 2009, 10:42 pm

puff puff.

iswed420

May 8 2009, 9:41 am

hell ya man thats wat i like to see ! screw the pigs give all of us our bud back ! thieves

Rob Lo

May 8 2009, 4:14 am

thers nothing wrong with mota.beer is worse! myeth & heroin kills!

F D Law

May 8 2009, 2:22 am

You know the laws pinched that shttt.

RonPaulKnows

May 6 2009, 5:27 pm

Fuck thats down the street from me... glad to see Visalia is doing there part

wubbzy

May 6 2009, 1:59 pm

This is amazing - if i had been there, i would have clapped as he walked away :)

gstlab3

May 5 2009, 8:44 pm

I SAW THIS STORY EARLIER AND IT STILL AMAZES ME THAT THE POLICE GAVE HIM HIS MEDICINE BACK WITHOUT SOME SORT OF FOULUP OR MISHAP ON THE PART OF POLICE.

gdzzle,Sa,tx

May 5 2009, 8:40 pm

So that means there must be a political god after all.

May 5 2009, 3:56 pm

good to see people are coming to their senses.

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