Court Support For James Dean Stacy
| By Americans For Safe Access | Published June 28, 2010 |
Please come out to Federal Court to support James Stacy as he fights for our rights. Today the judge will give his decision on whether James Dean Stacy will get a defense in his case.
| Date: |
Friday, July 2, 2010 |
| Time: | 11:00 AM |
| Address: | San Diego Federal Court House get directions |
Court Support For James Dean Stacy
| By Americans For Safe Access | Published June 8, 2010 |
San Diego Medical Marijuana Provider First to be Tried Under New DOJ Policy
A North San Diego County medical marijuana provider, James Stacy, whose Vista dispensary was raided on September 9, 2009, by a multi-agency narcotics task force, will be the first such case to go to trial after the Justice Department issued its enforcement policy in October 2009, a month after the raid. Stacy's trial date will be scheduled Wednesday June 9th during a hearing at which Stacy will argue he's entitled to admit evidence of state law compliance, something routinely denied federal defendants. Stacy's dispensary, Movement in Action, was raided along with more than a dozen other San Diego County dispensaries as part of local-federal enforcement actions called, "Operation Green Rx," which resulted in more than 30 arrests. Only Stacy, and one other medical marijuana dispensary operator Joseph Nunes, were charged federally as a result of the raids. Nunes has since pleaded guilty and was recently sentenced to a year in prison.
Federal hearing on whether dispensary operator James Stacy can use medical marijuana and state law as a defense at trial
| Date: |
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 |
| Time: | 10:30 AM |
| Address: | San Diego Federal Court House get directions |
Court Support For James Dean Stacy
| By Americans For Safe Access | Published May 17, 2010 |
SAN DIEGO - Medical marijuana patient, collective director, James Dean
Stacy, on May 19th, 2010 at 10:30am will be appearing in San Diego Federal Court.
His collective, Movement In Action (www.movementinaction.org) was raided on
September 9, 2010, in District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis' raids on
medical marijuana collectives and Mr. Stacy was arrested, charged in Federal
Court, and is now facing a Federal Jury Trial and the possibility of life in
prison.
Since the latest round of Operation Green Rx raids began in August of 2008, San Diego DA Dumanis, has lost both cases that went to trial in State Court. Realizing that she stands no chance in state court it seems that she has redirected her efforts and taken a new approach.
Dumanis has enlisted the efforts of US Attorney Karen P. Hewitt, and has filed charges on legitimate patients and collectives in Federal court, going against the standing orders from President Obama not to target legitimate medical marijuana collectives in states where they are legal.
On Wednesday May 19, 2010, history will be made in San Diego, in Courtroom 15, at the Federal Courthouse at 940 Front St. in downtown San Diego, where U.S. Federal Judge Moskowitz will decide if medical marijuana patient James Dean Stacy will be allowed to tell the Truth in his trial.
Mr. Stacy is arguing entrapment by estoppel based on statements made by
President Obama during his presidential campaign and then his first year in
office, as well as the U. S. Attorney General Holders statements, both of
which in summary say that the Federal government would stop prosecutions,
investigations, and arrests of legal medical marijuana collective members
and patients.
Ignoring this order, and the will of the California voters, Dumanis and Hewitt in partnership with the local Narcotics Task Force arrested 31 collective members in a swat style raid last September, and rumors have it, are planning more ways to harass collectives and patients.
Mr. Stacy, one of those charged federally, refused to be bullied by the prosecutor into a plea deal, and is fighting the charges. His case has the potential to set precedent throughout the state with his defense. Mr. Stacy is asking to simply tell the whole truth to the jury in during his trial.
The Federal government currently does not allow defendants to tell the jury that they are a legitimate medical marijuana patient in compliance with California State law. The mention of this fact is vigorously fought by the prosecutor.
On May 19th we will find out if the jury will be allowed to hear the Whole Truth.
Come out and support Mr. Stacy as he stands up for our rights against the misguided policies of the Federal Government and our bias driven local DA and US Attorney.
San Diego Americans for Safe Access
www.SafeAccessSD.org
| Date: |
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| Time: | 10:30 AM |
| Address: | San Diego Federal Court House get directions |
Court Support For James Dean Stacy
| By Americans For Safe Access | Published January 20, 2010 |
He is a founding member of Movement in Action Collective which was raided on 9/9/9 by Bonnie Dumanis and her Cross Jurisdictional Narcotics Task Force. James is among two people out of all the arrested and detained individuals to be charged in Federal court.
Your support in court is critical! Please come out and support James as he stands up for our rights to safe access!
Get Involved, Make a difference!
Eugene Davidovich
San Diego Americans for Safe Access
| Date: |
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| Time: | 2:30 PM |
| Address: | San Diego Federal Court House get directions |
