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Lawyer doubts jury would convict in marijuana case
Posted: 02.05.2011 at 12:28 PM
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The man was growing it outside in a dog kennel

OWOSSO -- A lawyer says he'll consider appealing to the Michigan Supreme Court after drug charges were reinstated against an Owosso man who was growing medical marijuana outdoors in a dog kennel.

Matthew Abel says the appeals court decision is "blatantly wrong."  He says many judges just don't like Michigan's medical-marijuana law.

Larry King of Shiawassee County has a medical-marijuana card.

But the appeals court said Friday that a fenced-in outdoor dog kennel doesn't qualify as an "enclosed, locked facility" under the law.

The court reinstated charges that had been dismissed by a Shiawassee County judge.  Abel doubts that a jury would convict King of illegally growing marijuana.

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