NEWS VIA: Cannabi
s Therapy Institu
te
For immedia
te release: March 9, 2010
For more informa
tion, contact:
Roger Christi
e, THC Ministr
y, Hilo, HI
(808) 217-9352
info@thc-ministry.orgCannabi
s Religio
us Defenda
nt Convict
ed of Possess
ion
Click here for photos of today's hearing:
http://www.thc-ministry.org/?page_id=142{Georgetown, CO} -- Trevor Douglas, a 25-year-old Avon, Colorad
o residen
t,
was convict
ed on the charges of possess
ion of less than one ounce of
marijua
na and possess
ion of marijua
na paraphe
rnalia by Clear Creek County
Judge Rachel J. Olguin-Fresquez. He was sentenc
ed to 15 hours of communi
ty
service and $200 in fines.
Judge Fresque
z reasone
d that Trevor's acts were not part of an "organiz
ed"
religio
n. She said that what Trevor was engagin
g in was more philoso
phical
beliefs than organiz
ed religio
n. She said since the Church of Univers
al
Sacrame
nts, a Hilo campus-based church, was now defunct, that Trevor could
not claim he was a member. She also said that since Trevor's affilia
tion
with the THC Ministr
y came after his citatio
n, it was not relevan
t to the
case. Judge Fresque
z used the Supreme Court decisio
ns of US v Meyers and
Cantwel
l v. State of Connect
icut in reachin
g her verdict
.
"The verdict wasn't what I was looking for," said Trevor Douglas, "but the
judge thought she was doing what was fair in her mind."
Denver cannabi
s attorne
y Rob Corry agreed to represe
nt Trevor at the last
minute. "I have no doubt that Trevor is sincere in his religio
us beliefs,"
said attorne
y Rob Corry. Corry was disappo
inted in the decisio
n, but said
that the judge's gave valuabl
e informa
tion for future cases.
Click here for photos of today's hearing:
http://www.thc-ministry.org/?page_id=142---
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ibuted as a Public Service by the:
Cannabi
s Therapy Institu
te
P.O. Box 19084
Boulder, CO 80308
Phone: 877-420-4205
Email:
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