Dec 29, 2009
Nothing Mellow About Dissent in Medical Pot Case
In an unusually contentious ruling Monday, California appellate court Judges Paul Haerle and J. Anthony Kline got in each other’s faces about whether a judge can order a criminal defendant to stop using medicinal marijuana while on probation when the underlying crime has nothing to do with pot use. Kline said the “precedent shattering” majority opinion “flies in the face of the law,” “subordinates the will of the people” and is “legally untenable.”