Blog Posts Tagged with section 8
Court of Appeals ruling prevents ANY MMMA caregivers from serving more than five patients
by: Jason Osbourn
May 18, 2016 at 4:48 PM EDTWhile the § 4 defense of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) is relatively clear, § 8 suffers from a high level of vagueness and ambiguity. The most recent published attempt to clarify this defense by the Michigan courts occurred in People v Bylsma, ___ Mich App ___ (2016) where the Court of Appeals was presented with the issue of the relevance of a registered caregiver-patient relationship to the assertion of immunity under § 8 of the MMMA. That court reaffirmed the Michigan Supreme...
Michigan Court of Appeals Decides "Drying" marijuana Issue
by: Matt Newburg
January 9, 2016 at 1:00 PM ESTThe Michigan Court of Appeals has, yet again, upheld a conviction of a Michigan Medical Marijuana Patient and Caregiver. In a 2-1 opinion, the Court addressed the meaning and consequences of marijuana that is found to be in the curing stages. In People v Rocafort, an unpublished opinion, the Court held the marijuana seized by law enforcement was dried marijuana--despite having moisture--and exceeded the amount of marijuana Ms. Rocafort could possess under the Michigan Medical...
Michigan Supreme Court takes on Medical Marijuana
by: Matt Newburg
March 4, 2015 at 11:54 AM ESTJanuary 14, 2015 will be, perhaps the biggest day in the Michigan Supreme Court for Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Patients and Caregivers. The Court will hear a total of three cases that discuss Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act and the defenses that are embodied within the statute. The two cases that discuss the heart of Section 4 and Section 8 are Hartwick and Tuttle:
People v Richard Lee Hartwick / People v Tuttle:
Richard Hartwick, was arrested for illegally growing and...