Colorado court: Some pot cases can be overturned

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Colorado court: Some pot cases can be overturned
By STEVEN K. PAULSON, Associated Press | March 13, 2014 | Updated: March 13, 2014 7:12pm

DENVER (AP) — Some people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana can ask for those convictions to be thrown out under the law that legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado, the state's second-highest court ruled Thursday.

The Colorado Court of Appeals said people whose cases were under appeal when Amendment 64 on recreational marijuana took effect in December 2012 are eligible to have their convictions reversed.

Brian Vicente, one of the amendment's authors, called the ruling a "huge victory." Vicente said Colorado prosecuted as many as 9,000 cases a year for marijuana possession. After pot was decriminalized, a number of appeals were still in the courts.

Tom Raynes, director of the Colorado District Attorneys' Council, said it would be difficult to quickly pin down how many cases would be affected by the ruling, but he believed the number would be small.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Colorado-court-Some-pot-cases-can-be-overturned-5314504.php

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Just let all convicted of possession free. End of story.

[pipoman]

3. Most probably are

This would clear their record of the conviction, that's the piece you carry with you for life.

[blackspade]

2. Hopefully that will wade through the cases that aren't on appeal as well.

[RainDog]

4. k&r n/t

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. A universal pardon for past pot offenses should be next.

[Cha]

6. K!