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The War on Medical Marijuana in MI Super Thread, NEWS,BUST,LAWS <<<<Updated Often>>>>
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I really appreciate this thread . I found it very useful an very thanks to sharing such useful info about the War on MMJ. I must say that keep on sharing new updates and story...
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That's horrible. 100 years! 100 million dollars wtf! Black Hawk helicopter? The feds need to be disarmed and kicked the fuck out of our states business.
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That sucks! My luck they would take everything I own and try to say I acquired it from profit. Just to grow medical non addictive relief. I hate pain pills! But according to the feds their legal.
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Michigan: Activists Decry Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Patients And Caregivers
Submitted by steveelliott on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 16:45
The world famous CannaBUS was parked in front of the Jackson County Courthouse on Monday to show support for Maria and Steve Green as they go to court once again. Since her return in October 2013, “Baby Bree” still has not had contact with her older brother. Supporters question the validity of Green’s supervised parenting reasons.
Brielle “Free Bree” Green was returned to her home on October 25, 2013 by Child Protective Services personnel. Now, six months later, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Susan Beebe still has not allowed Maria Green’s older son to return to her home. Court record shows that the reason for this is because the child needs time to reacquaint himself with his mother.
“My son was kept from me illegally in the first place," said Maria Green, 32. "I don’t understand why we need to be reacquainted. A kidnapped child doesn’t spend months getting reacquainted with his family when he’s been found.”
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act was passed with overwhelming 63 percent voter support statewide in 2008. Specific protections were written into that voter-initiated law to protect parents from being denied custody or visitation of children due to caregivers and/or patients status with the State. (MMMA: (4) (c) “A person shall not be denied custody or visitation of a minor for acting in accordance with this act, unless the person's behavior is such that it creates an unreasonable danger to the minor that can be clearly articulated and substantiated.”)
Green had initially filed for a change in custody in December 2012. After a history of alleged domestic abuse, the child’s father, Ronald Ferguson, 32, continues to use the court system and CPS as a way of retaliating against Green. Sixteen months later, the Greens said they still do not see an end in sight.
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Submitted by steveelliott on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 16:45
- 2014
- Activism
- baby bree
- brielle green
- cannabus
- child protective services
- CPS
- jackson
- jackson county courthouse
- maria green
- medical marijuana
- Medicinal Cannabis
- Michigan
- michigan medical marihuana act
- ronald ferguson
- steve green
- susan beebe
The world famous CannaBUS was parked in front of the Jackson County Courthouse on Monday to show support for Maria and Steve Green as they go to court once again. Since her return in October 2013, “Baby Bree” still has not had contact with her older brother. Supporters question the validity of Green’s supervised parenting reasons.
Brielle “Free Bree” Green was returned to her home on October 25, 2013 by Child Protective Services personnel. Now, six months later, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Susan Beebe still has not allowed Maria Green’s older son to return to her home. Court record shows that the reason for this is because the child needs time to reacquaint himself with his mother.
“My son was kept from me illegally in the first place," said Maria Green, 32. "I don’t understand why we need to be reacquainted. A kidnapped child doesn’t spend months getting reacquainted with his family when he’s been found.”
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act was passed with overwhelming 63 percent voter support statewide in 2008. Specific protections were written into that voter-initiated law to protect parents from being denied custody or visitation of children due to caregivers and/or patients status with the State. (MMMA: (4) (c) “A person shall not be denied custody or visitation of a minor for acting in accordance with this act, unless the person's behavior is such that it creates an unreasonable danger to the minor that can be clearly articulated and substantiated.”)
Green had initially filed for a change in custody in December 2012. After a history of alleged domestic abuse, the child’s father, Ronald Ferguson, 32, continues to use the court system and CPS as a way of retaliating against Green. Sixteen months later, the Greens said they still do not see an end in sight.
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Why do these public servants keep doing these shenanighans? Just keeps adding names to the "not voting for you ass" list. Keep fueling the flamesMichigan: Activists Decry Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Patients And Caregivers
Submitted by steveelliott on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 16:45
- 2014
- Activism
- baby bree
- brielle green
- cannabus
- child protective services
- CPS
- jackson
- jackson county courthouse
- maria green
- medical marijuana
- Medicinal Cannabis
- Michigan
- michigan medical marihuana act
- ronald ferguson
- steve green
- susan beebe
The world famous CannaBUS was parked in front of the Jackson County Courthouse on Monday to show support for Maria and Steve Green as they go to court once again. Since her return in October 2013, “Baby Bree” still has not had contact with her older brother. Supporters question the validity of Green’s supervised parenting reasons.
Brielle “Free Bree” Green was returned to her home on October 25, 2013 by Child Protective Services personnel. Now, six months later, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Susan Beebe still has not allowed Maria Green’s older son to return to her home. Court record shows that the reason for this is because the child needs time to reacquaint himself with his mother.
“My son was kept from me illegally in the first place," said Maria Green, 32. "I don’t understand why we need to be reacquainted. A kidnapped child doesn’t spend months getting reacquainted with his family when he’s been found.”
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act was passed with overwhelming 63 percent voter support statewide in 2008. Specific protections were written into that voter-initiated law to protect parents from being denied custody or visitation of children due to caregivers and/or patients status with the State. (MMMA: (4) (c) “A person shall not be denied custody or visitation of a minor for acting in accordance with this act, unless the person's behavior is such that it creates an unreasonable danger to the minor that can be clearly articulated and substantiated.”)
Green had initially filed for a change in custody in December 2012. After a history of alleged domestic abuse, the child’s father, Ronald Ferguson, 32, continues to use the court system and CPS as a way of retaliating against Green. Sixteen months later, the Greens said they still do not see an end in sight.
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Monday, May 12th
3PM - 5PM
Radisson @ The Capitol
111 N. Grand Ave. Lansing, MI 48933
Please Join us in the discussion about current proposed legislation regarding road-side saliva testing for THC and drugged driving in Michigan...
As well as a discussion on meetings held with Michigan State Police and Prosecutor's Association and what we, as Cannabis supporters of Michigan, can do to protect our rights while still promoting a positive relationship with decision makers in Lansing.
See what our lobbyist has to say on these important issues!
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Roadside saliva testing for drugged-driving suspects dropped from bill
A provision in a bill pending in Lansing that would let police give roadside saliva tests to drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs is to be removed from the legislation today, according to a cosponsor of the bill.
Critics, including university researchers, said the tests are inaccurate and would allow improper arrests of medical-marijuana patients.
State Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, said he planned to introduce an amendment removing the use of saliva testing at a House Judiciary Committee hearing today.
“There’s a lot of things you can test for in saliva, but testing for marijuana is unproven,” said Callton, a chiropractor.
“This would be like giving people pregnancy tests on the side of the road where you’d only have limited accuracy. And there’s the issue of, ‘I can have medical marijuana a month ago but I’ll still have traces of it in my body, so I would be considered intoxicated’ ” by the tests, Callton said Wednesday night.
The two bills — House Bill 5383 and 5385 — were intended to give police the same sort of law enforcement tools available in the arrest of those suspected of drunken driving. They called for the use of the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) system to access information about any pending cases of drugged driving involving a motorist.
With the removal of the saliva test provision, officers would rely on field sobriety tests to determine whether a motorist was under the influence of drugs.
The bills were spurred by a double-fatal crash last year in St. Clair County in which a repeat offender drove under the influence of painkillers, Callton said.
They would give police more tools for arresting drugged drivers, which Callton favors, but he said he’d been unaware of the saliva-testing provision until the Free Press called him last month for an article.
The bills’ sponsor, state Rep. Dan Lauwers, said he’d decided to remove the saliva-testing provision until the technology is perfected, “and then we can bring it back.”
Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, said the larger purpose of the bills is to target drug abusers who have repeatedly driven while impaired. He lives near Port Huron and said there had been fatal crashes in his district caused by motorists who repeatedly abused drugs and who continued driving after multiple arrests.
“The goal for this legislation has always been to get these repeat offenders off the road,” he said. The final wording for the bills was “still being worked out” Wednesday night, and it might contain language saying that new roadside methods are needed to test motorists suspected of driving while drugged, Lauwers said.
“Law enforcement feels very strongly that we, as a society, are going to need this, and not just for marijuana but for all of the controlled substances,” including prescription painkillers that are frequently abused, he said.
Across the country, states and police agencies are wrestling with how to determine who is too drugged to be driving, Troy police Sgt. Andy Breidenich said.
“If you look at our crime stats, compared to five years ago, we have a whole lot more (arrests for) drugged driving — it’s a change of culture going on,” Breidenich said this week.
Troy police, with a special unit assigned to catch impaired drivers, patrol not only the main roads in the city but also I-75, he said. Their round-the-clock efforts result in arrests of motorists from all over the country who are driving while impaired, Troy police reports show. While officers can use a portable breath tester to establish a basis for arrest of a suspected drunken driver, they have no such physiological test for drugged drivers, he said.
So officers put motorists suspected of abusing drugs through field sobriety testing, which includes an officer’s visual exam of the suspect as well as the administration of a battery of simple verbal and physical tests, he said.
Michigan’s medical-marijuana groups were sharp critics of roadside saliva testing last month when they learned of the provision being considered in Lansing. Leaders, including Southfield lawyer Michael Komorn, made the issue the subject of a recent weekly Internet radio podcast called PlanetGreenTrees.
“I understand the need to protect the safety of our roads, but there’s very little if any connection between these tests and determining who is an impaired driver,” said Komorn, a medical-marijuana user and president of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association.
“There’s a tremendous body of research that shows the difficulties with these tests,” Komorn said.
Contact Bill Laitner: 313-223-4485 or [email protected]
A provision in a bill pending in Lansing that would let police give roadside saliva tests to drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs is to be removed from the legislation today, according to a cosponsor of the bill.
Critics, including university researchers, said the tests are inaccurate and would allow improper arrests of medical-marijuana patients.
State Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, said he planned to introduce an amendment removing the use of saliva testing at a House Judiciary Committee hearing today.
“There’s a lot of things you can test for in saliva, but testing for marijuana is unproven,” said Callton, a chiropractor.
“This would be like giving people pregnancy tests on the side of the road where you’d only have limited accuracy. And there’s the issue of, ‘I can have medical marijuana a month ago but I’ll still have traces of it in my body, so I would be considered intoxicated’ ” by the tests, Callton said Wednesday night.
The two bills — House Bill 5383 and 5385 — were intended to give police the same sort of law enforcement tools available in the arrest of those suspected of drunken driving. They called for the use of the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) system to access information about any pending cases of drugged driving involving a motorist.
With the removal of the saliva test provision, officers would rely on field sobriety tests to determine whether a motorist was under the influence of drugs.
The bills were spurred by a double-fatal crash last year in St. Clair County in which a repeat offender drove under the influence of painkillers, Callton said.
They would give police more tools for arresting drugged drivers, which Callton favors, but he said he’d been unaware of the saliva-testing provision until the Free Press called him last month for an article.
The bills’ sponsor, state Rep. Dan Lauwers, said he’d decided to remove the saliva-testing provision until the technology is perfected, “and then we can bring it back.”
Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, said the larger purpose of the bills is to target drug abusers who have repeatedly driven while impaired. He lives near Port Huron and said there had been fatal crashes in his district caused by motorists who repeatedly abused drugs and who continued driving after multiple arrests.
“The goal for this legislation has always been to get these repeat offenders off the road,” he said. The final wording for the bills was “still being worked out” Wednesday night, and it might contain language saying that new roadside methods are needed to test motorists suspected of driving while drugged, Lauwers said.
“Law enforcement feels very strongly that we, as a society, are going to need this, and not just for marijuana but for all of the controlled substances,” including prescription painkillers that are frequently abused, he said.
Across the country, states and police agencies are wrestling with how to determine who is too drugged to be driving, Troy police Sgt. Andy Breidenich said.
“If you look at our crime stats, compared to five years ago, we have a whole lot more (arrests for) drugged driving — it’s a change of culture going on,” Breidenich said this week.
Troy police, with a special unit assigned to catch impaired drivers, patrol not only the main roads in the city but also I-75, he said. Their round-the-clock efforts result in arrests of motorists from all over the country who are driving while impaired, Troy police reports show. While officers can use a portable breath tester to establish a basis for arrest of a suspected drunken driver, they have no such physiological test for drugged drivers, he said.
So officers put motorists suspected of abusing drugs through field sobriety testing, which includes an officer’s visual exam of the suspect as well as the administration of a battery of simple verbal and physical tests, he said.
Michigan’s medical-marijuana groups were sharp critics of roadside saliva testing last month when they learned of the provision being considered in Lansing. Leaders, including Southfield lawyer Michael Komorn, made the issue the subject of a recent weekly Internet radio podcast called PlanetGreenTrees.
“I understand the need to protect the safety of our roads, but there’s very little if any connection between these tests and determining who is an impaired driver,” said Komorn, a medical-marijuana user and president of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association.
“There’s a tremendous body of research that shows the difficulties with these tests,” Komorn said.
Contact Bill Laitner: 313-223-4485 or [email protected]
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it's all a money grab. fucking law abiding people and free people everywhere getting screwed by the man.
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This really sucks the World need to know what are government is doing to us, Its like a genocide against us growers :rage:
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politics aside, i'm really beginning to find that there are two types of people in this world
People who want to fight for things like the constitution, free speech, freedoms in general.
And.
The other people are fucking idiots..
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Spying on the Bad Guys or Invading Your Privacy?
LANSING, Mich. (May 13, 2014) – It’s super-secret technology being used to spy on people in Michigan.
Now, some state lawmakers want to know exactly what one telecommunications company is able to track down about you.
The devices are some of the same technology the National Security Agency and military have used to track terrorists in warzones around the world.
They’re now being used by state police and sheriff’s departments, and that’s getting attention at the state capitol in Lansing.
Testimony in the House Oversight Committee Tuesday focused on a couple of super-secret devices known as `Hailstorm` and `Stingray’ and the little information that`s available about how they work.
The hearing was called by Rep. Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills).
The testimony revealed very few people know exactly what this technology is capable of.
“They can get location data,” said Christopher Soghoian, a senior policy analyst and principal technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union. “They can get information of incoming and outgoing calls. The devices – many of them that are sold on the international market – can be used intercept incoming and outgoing calls, incoming and outgoing text messages, data connections.”
And that’s just the beginning…
“They can be used to jam calls; they can be used to block calls to specific numbers, block calls from specific numbers,” said Soghoian. “They can be used to redirect calls, so you call your colleague and they redirect the call to the police.”
Many questions remain unanswered: What is the range of these devices? How much data is collected? How many people are vulnerable to the data collection? What happens to the data that`s collected from `innocent` people?
“You should be told what’s happening,” Soghoian said. “You should be told how this technology works; you should be told how it’s being used and the kinds of crimes it’s being used to investigate.”
The Oakland County Sheriff`s Office is one of about two dozen law enforcement agencies using the cellphone tracking technology in the U.S. and it`s the only agency doing so in Michigan.
The Detroit News first reported about the use of the `Hailstorm` device in Michigan.
`Hailstorm` and `Stingray` are products made by Harris Corp., a Florida-based telecommunications company that specializes in equipment used in government, defense and commercial sectors.
“Because this technology is being used by law enforcement, by government agencies, there has been a reluctance on the part of government agencies to have the discussion about protections from other parties that are intercepting calls,” said Soghoian.
In addition, police agencies aren`t allowed to talk about the technology because it would violate federal law and a non-disclosure agreement with Harris Corporation.
While Harris Corp. is the big player in the U.S., companies around the world make similar technology and compete with other manufacturers to get customers in defense and government sectors.
“There is a lot of information available online became the companies who make it are trying to sell their products,” said Soghoian.
Brian Owsley, a former U.S. magistrate judge for the southern district of Texas, told state lawmakers that from what he knows about the devices, they can collect and reveal some very sensitive information.
“The name, the mailing address, the social security number, the driver’s license number, how they pay for their cellphone service – whether it’s through bank, check or credit card,” said Owsley.
As this invasive technology trickles down from the federal government to state and local agencies, experts say it`s time to put rules in place to protect the majority of citizens who are not criminals.
“Our Founding Fathers, when they were creating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, they were very concerned about the British government going door-to-door with general warrants,” said Soghoian. “This technology is a general warrant.”
VIDEO at link
http://fox17online.com/2014/05/13/spying-on-the-bad-guys-or-invading-your-privacy/#axzz31eamVnSl
LANSING, Mich. (May 13, 2014) – It’s super-secret technology being used to spy on people in Michigan.
Now, some state lawmakers want to know exactly what one telecommunications company is able to track down about you.
The devices are some of the same technology the National Security Agency and military have used to track terrorists in warzones around the world.
They’re now being used by state police and sheriff’s departments, and that’s getting attention at the state capitol in Lansing.
Testimony in the House Oversight Committee Tuesday focused on a couple of super-secret devices known as `Hailstorm` and `Stingray’ and the little information that`s available about how they work.
The hearing was called by Rep. Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills).
The testimony revealed very few people know exactly what this technology is capable of.
“They can get location data,” said Christopher Soghoian, a senior policy analyst and principal technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union. “They can get information of incoming and outgoing calls. The devices – many of them that are sold on the international market – can be used intercept incoming and outgoing calls, incoming and outgoing text messages, data connections.”
And that’s just the beginning…
“They can be used to jam calls; they can be used to block calls to specific numbers, block calls from specific numbers,” said Soghoian. “They can be used to redirect calls, so you call your colleague and they redirect the call to the police.”
Many questions remain unanswered: What is the range of these devices? How much data is collected? How many people are vulnerable to the data collection? What happens to the data that`s collected from `innocent` people?
“You should be told what’s happening,” Soghoian said. “You should be told how this technology works; you should be told how it’s being used and the kinds of crimes it’s being used to investigate.”
The Oakland County Sheriff`s Office is one of about two dozen law enforcement agencies using the cellphone tracking technology in the U.S. and it`s the only agency doing so in Michigan.
The Detroit News first reported about the use of the `Hailstorm` device in Michigan.
`Hailstorm` and `Stingray` are products made by Harris Corp., a Florida-based telecommunications company that specializes in equipment used in government, defense and commercial sectors.
“Because this technology is being used by law enforcement, by government agencies, there has been a reluctance on the part of government agencies to have the discussion about protections from other parties that are intercepting calls,” said Soghoian.
In addition, police agencies aren`t allowed to talk about the technology because it would violate federal law and a non-disclosure agreement with Harris Corporation.
While Harris Corp. is the big player in the U.S., companies around the world make similar technology and compete with other manufacturers to get customers in defense and government sectors.
“There is a lot of information available online became the companies who make it are trying to sell their products,” said Soghoian.
Brian Owsley, a former U.S. magistrate judge for the southern district of Texas, told state lawmakers that from what he knows about the devices, they can collect and reveal some very sensitive information.
“The name, the mailing address, the social security number, the driver’s license number, how they pay for their cellphone service – whether it’s through bank, check or credit card,” said Owsley.
As this invasive technology trickles down from the federal government to state and local agencies, experts say it`s time to put rules in place to protect the majority of citizens who are not criminals.
“Our Founding Fathers, when they were creating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, they were very concerned about the British government going door-to-door with general warrants,” said Soghoian. “This technology is a general warrant.”
VIDEO at link
http://fox17online.com/2014/05/13/spying-on-the-bad-guys-or-invading-your-privacy/#axzz31eamVnSl
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I wonder how many Platinum sponsers it would take to get him to put the House Bills up for a vote? Maybe that's what we need to do as growers is to start playing the game greasing up some pockets.:greedy:
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That is what its coming to...;)
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I've met some peeps that are politicians and play the game of donations. I'm just afraid that legal slime might stick to me. Lol.
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Misconduct bounces County prosecutor from pot case
13 Jun, 2014
Lapeer County Prosecutor Tim Turkelson’s office removed from prosecution of Jamie Fricke’s marijuana cases; Attorney General’s office may select new legal team
Jamie Fricke with Chad Carr, Michael Komorn and Dewey Thomas of Komorn law
by Rick Thompson/June 13, 2014
LAPEER- Judge Holowka said the words: “The Court at this point in time would recuse the Lapeer County Prosecutor’s Office from further involvement in this matter.”
With that, newly-appointed Lapeer County Prosecutor Tim Turkelson’s office was removed from the prosecution of Jamie Fricke, a onetime resident of the city of Lapeer, by Judge Holowka in 40th Circuit Court today. Fricke is facing marijuana charges stemming from a raid on her residence in 2011.
Turkelson and his office were removed from the case for two reasons: conflict of interest and prosecutorial misconduct. The accusations were made by Southfield attorney Michael Komorn, who brought the issue to the court’s attention with some discomfort. “I did not sign up for this,” Komorn explained to the Court. “This is appalling.”
The conflict of interest arises from work Turkelson did in 2010 and 2011 while acting as legal adviser and defense counsel for the owners and workers at a medical marijuana dispensary in Dryden that had been raided by county law enforcement. The Compassionate Care Center of Michigan was raided three times, and each time Jamie Fricke was present as a member of the Center’s team. The prosecution of that 2010 raid stretched into 2012 and overlapped the raid on Fricke’s home; charges in the Fricke raid were filed in March of 2012.
Statements made during those legal defense discussions with the Center’s team has allegedly been shared with the 2014 County Prosecutor’s office, per Komorn’s brief seeking the recusion. Although he granted the recusion of the Prosecutor’s Office from the case, Judge Holowka did not make a finding on the legitimacy of that suggestion.
The gross misconduct arises from that same set of circumstances, and an officer named Lieutenant Gary Parks. Parks swore out the warrant used to raid the Fricke home but he also led the team that raided the Center in 2010; on a second raid Parks allowed himself to be filmed while searching the Center’s offices. He famously looked at the camera while rifling through a filing cabinet and said, “Patient records are a good source of intel.”
A series of additional adventures in Lapeer County from 2010-2013 brought Parks into contact with the Center’s personnel- including Turkelson and Fricke. During testimony at today’s hearing, Komorn said there was mention in 2011 of Parks performing a raid on Turkelson’s office and home. During those trying times, and in many encounters afterwards, Turkelson “constantly and consistently spoke of his (Parks’) lack of honesty and integrity,” Komorn explained to Judge Holowka.
As County Prosecutor, Turkelson cannot allow anyone to participate in testimony or in submission of evidence if they know that person to be dishonest or untrustworthy. Despite this legal obligation and burden of office, Turkelson has refused to remove Parks from the Fricke case.
Attached to Komorn’s brief were four affidavits sworn by people that heard Turkelson disparage Parks’ honesty. Two of those affidavits were signed by attorneys and a fifth individual, whose name was well-known in the Lapeer County Courthouse, was mentioned as someone who was prepared to offer a similar sworn statement. During the hearing today Komorn related several incidents detailed in the affidavits where Turkelson had challenged Parks’ honesty- including in the issuance of search warrants.
Although the Center’s court case has long since been resolved, those issues of integrity are still relevant in current prosecutions involving Parks, including Fricke’s case. “Power corrupts… There has been a taint to the system,” Komorn said in his opening statement, adding later that, “This is misconduct like I’ve never seen before.”
When offered an opportunity to defend his boss, Assistant Prosecutor Hodges replied, “There is absolutely no conflict here.” He added: “This motion should be denied. Let’s just go to trial.”
Komorn pointed out that the Hodges rebuttal contained no reply to the substantive accusations of impropriety; Judge Holowka seemed to agree. After delivering the decision to recuse the Prosecutor’s Office he added, “I will ask that the Lapeer County Prosecutor’s Office go through the proper channels, that being the Attorney General’s office or the Prosecuting Attorney’s Association, to have a new prosecutor appointed to proceed in this matter.”
No date was set for the next round of hearings in the case. The Prosecutor’s Office asked for a two month delay in a second marijuana case involving Fricke, being heard on the same day by another judge in the same building, which was granted with some shock and surprise. When informed of the reason why the Prosecution had made the unusual request, the Judge said to Komorn, “Those are very serious charges.”
“Yes, Judge, they are,” Komorn somberly replied.
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13 Jun, 2014
Lapeer County Prosecutor Tim Turkelson’s office removed from prosecution of Jamie Fricke’s marijuana cases; Attorney General’s office may select new legal team
Jamie Fricke with Chad Carr, Michael Komorn and Dewey Thomas of Komorn law
by Rick Thompson/June 13, 2014
LAPEER- Judge Holowka said the words: “The Court at this point in time would recuse the Lapeer County Prosecutor’s Office from further involvement in this matter.”
With that, newly-appointed Lapeer County Prosecutor Tim Turkelson’s office was removed from the prosecution of Jamie Fricke, a onetime resident of the city of Lapeer, by Judge Holowka in 40th Circuit Court today. Fricke is facing marijuana charges stemming from a raid on her residence in 2011.
Turkelson and his office were removed from the case for two reasons: conflict of interest and prosecutorial misconduct. The accusations were made by Southfield attorney Michael Komorn, who brought the issue to the court’s attention with some discomfort. “I did not sign up for this,” Komorn explained to the Court. “This is appalling.”
The conflict of interest arises from work Turkelson did in 2010 and 2011 while acting as legal adviser and defense counsel for the owners and workers at a medical marijuana dispensary in Dryden that had been raided by county law enforcement. The Compassionate Care Center of Michigan was raided three times, and each time Jamie Fricke was present as a member of the Center’s team. The prosecution of that 2010 raid stretched into 2012 and overlapped the raid on Fricke’s home; charges in the Fricke raid were filed in March of 2012.
Statements made during those legal defense discussions with the Center’s team has allegedly been shared with the 2014 County Prosecutor’s office, per Komorn’s brief seeking the recusion. Although he granted the recusion of the Prosecutor’s Office from the case, Judge Holowka did not make a finding on the legitimacy of that suggestion.
The gross misconduct arises from that same set of circumstances, and an officer named Lieutenant Gary Parks. Parks swore out the warrant used to raid the Fricke home but he also led the team that raided the Center in 2010; on a second raid Parks allowed himself to be filmed while searching the Center’s offices. He famously looked at the camera while rifling through a filing cabinet and said, “Patient records are a good source of intel.”
A series of additional adventures in Lapeer County from 2010-2013 brought Parks into contact with the Center’s personnel- including Turkelson and Fricke. During testimony at today’s hearing, Komorn said there was mention in 2011 of Parks performing a raid on Turkelson’s office and home. During those trying times, and in many encounters afterwards, Turkelson “constantly and consistently spoke of his (Parks’) lack of honesty and integrity,” Komorn explained to Judge Holowka.
As County Prosecutor, Turkelson cannot allow anyone to participate in testimony or in submission of evidence if they know that person to be dishonest or untrustworthy. Despite this legal obligation and burden of office, Turkelson has refused to remove Parks from the Fricke case.
Attached to Komorn’s brief were four affidavits sworn by people that heard Turkelson disparage Parks’ honesty. Two of those affidavits were signed by attorneys and a fifth individual, whose name was well-known in the Lapeer County Courthouse, was mentioned as someone who was prepared to offer a similar sworn statement. During the hearing today Komorn related several incidents detailed in the affidavits where Turkelson had challenged Parks’ honesty- including in the issuance of search warrants.
Although the Center’s court case has long since been resolved, those issues of integrity are still relevant in current prosecutions involving Parks, including Fricke’s case. “Power corrupts… There has been a taint to the system,” Komorn said in his opening statement, adding later that, “This is misconduct like I’ve never seen before.”
When offered an opportunity to defend his boss, Assistant Prosecutor Hodges replied, “There is absolutely no conflict here.” He added: “This motion should be denied. Let’s just go to trial.”
Komorn pointed out that the Hodges rebuttal contained no reply to the substantive accusations of impropriety; Judge Holowka seemed to agree. After delivering the decision to recuse the Prosecutor’s Office he added, “I will ask that the Lapeer County Prosecutor’s Office go through the proper channels, that being the Attorney General’s office or the Prosecuting Attorney’s Association, to have a new prosecutor appointed to proceed in this matter.”
No date was set for the next round of hearings in the case. The Prosecutor’s Office asked for a two month delay in a second marijuana case involving Fricke, being heard on the same day by another judge in the same building, which was granted with some shock and surprise. When informed of the reason why the Prosecution had made the unusual request, the Judge said to Komorn, “Those are very serious charges.”
“Yes, Judge, they are,” Komorn somberly replied.
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Rick Thompson was the Editor in Chief for the entire 2-year run of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Magazine, was the spokesman for the Michigan Association of Compassion Centers and is the current Editor and Lead Blogger for The Compassion Chronicles. Rick has addressed committees in both the House and Senate, has authored over 200 articles on marijuana and is a professional photographer. He can be reached at:[email protected]
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