California Court of Appeal

In an appeal from the trial court's order quashing a search warrant for the premises of medical marijuana providers, the order is reversed, where the court erred in finding that Defendant qualified as a primary caregiver under the Compassionate Use Act and the Medical Marijuana Program Act, and in finding that the detective who authored the search warrant affidavit was not qualified to opine as to the legality of Defendant's activities.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2009
• Published 08/18/2009

Judges

• NARES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rod Pacheco, District Attorney, and Jacqueline C. Jackson, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marylou Hilbert, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent Stacy Robert Hochanadel., James M. Crawford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent John Reynold Bednar., Stephen M. Hinkle, Oceanside, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent James Thomas Campbell.