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NORML notes that Alaska's Court of Appeals is following through on the logic of its 2003 ruling that residents of the state still have a right to possess up to four ounces of marijuana in the home, despite a 1990 ballot initiative that ostensibly recriminalized such possession. In a decision issued last week, the court threw out a search warrant that resulted in a man's arrest for marijuana cultivation because the police did not have probable cause to believe that more than four ounces were involved. The court held that "a judicial officer should not issue a warrant to search a person�s home for evidence of marijuana possession unless the State�s warrant application establishes probable cause to believe that the person�s possession of marijuana exceeds the scope of the possession that is constitutionally protected under Ravin," the 1975 Alaska Supreme Court decision that said pot possession in the home was protected by the state constitution's privacy clause.
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|9.3.04 @ 1:49AM|#
Possessing a quarter pound of pot or less is a reasonable amount. Something like this can go a long ways to freeing up city and county jails and the court system. Most people I know that indulge in smoking pot, usually have an ounce or less. Most people I know that have been arrested and charged with possession usually have an 1/8th or less.
|9.3.04 @ 11:13AM|#
Damned it why did I ever move back down south to the U.S.?
|9.3.04 @ 12:05PM|#
Beautiful. Too bad I'm, oh, a couple thousand miles too far to really benefit. :D Seriously, I'm glad Alaska seems to have a real head on its shoulders about the issue.
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