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Plants were returned – dead
By Hempology | December 7, 2007
Fort Collins Coloradoan, CO
03 Dec 2007
Sara Reed
FORT COLLINS COUPLE GETS MARIJUANA PLANTS BACK, BUT THEY’RE DEAD
After a prolonged legal battle, a Fort Collins couple today finally retrieved the medical marijuana seized from their home in August 2006, but the plants were dead.
The cultivation and possession charges against James and Lisa Masters, medical marijuana patients and caregivers for other patients, were dropped in June but it wasn’t until late last month that a judge ruled that police had to return the property.
James Masters said he was “very, very happy to see this come to fruition,” but that he was sad to see the plants had not been maintained.
“This is a resounding, decisive victory for Colorado voters, compassion and medical marijuana,” said Brian Vicente, one of the attorneys who represented the couple throughout the case.
The charges were dropped after the judge ruled that the search warrant used to seize the plants, growing equipment and paraphernalia resulted from an illegal search.
But none of the plants seized, including about 15 that were nearly ready for harvest, survived. The Masters’ attorneys plan to go back to the judge later this month and request financial compensation for the destroyed plants, which could be valued at more than $100,000.
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