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Do not plead Guilty to unjust laws like the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.
This website is dedicated to helping defendants challenge cannabis charges in court or otherwise. Standing up to these unjust laws will not only improve the chances of a favourable verdict, but will also add to the growing tide of support for reforming New Zealand's cannabis laws.
Check out this summary of how to beat a cannabis charge.
Clog the courts and help overturn prohibition!
In general there are four different strategies that can be employed when defending a cannabis charge:
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1. Roaring Lion idea: Fuck this law - I don't recognise it |
NORML says: The ROARING LION is proud, and staunch with it. The Lion resists every step of the way, making the police and court work for a conviction. First appearance: enter “no plea” and seek legal advice. Second Appearance: “No plea” again. Say you refuse to recognise the charge, because you don’t think you’ve committed a crime. Third Appearance: this is your chance to tell the judge exactly why you think the law stinks, in the politest possible way. Then tell the judge that you will not pay a fine, or do PD. If the court is determined to punish you, it will have to send you to jail, putting strain on an already full up prison system. The more we clog up their system, the less it will be able to cope.
At roughly midnight on the 7th July Police stopped me on the street because of the bag i was carrying. The bag contained some scrap wiring i had been given at my friend's, and a large, but unused spotting device. Upon seeing the copper wire, and unbelievably, the soccer gloves in my jacket pocket, the police asked if i thought they were stupid and invoked a search. I told them that if they would take me to my friends house he would surely explain that the copper was legally aquired . The search went ahead.
Hi,
I have a 17 yr old son who has been charged with supply of cannabis and supply of class A (mushrooms)
to the local high school no less oh my god!
Anyway when they excised their unsigned search warrent at least our copy is unsigned all they found was
a very small amount of cannabis and a pipe,some bags and tinfoil although very old and old broken scales in
a sleepout used by many teens and not cleaned properly for many years.
We are going to see a laywer today he has been remanded on bail but are wanting to throw the book at
Six kgs of cannabis, a quarter of a million dollars in cash and a stun gun, WOW that's a find.
Counties Manukau Police Officers carrying out regular duties attended a so-called domestic and found nearly a quarter of a million dollars, drugs and weapons in the Manukau area.
Two further Police Officers stopped a vehicle for speeding in Otara and found 5kgs of cannabis; they also found paperwork which lead them to a storage unit that was being used for a large cannabis cultivation operation.
A search warrent was executed on my property and bongs pipes scales empty bagys have been seized. Along with 3-4 grams of smokable substaince which was in a rolling box with papers card board filter and a lighter inside. the search warrent copy says .Because there is reasonable ground to believe there will be evidence of cannibus possession for sale and suply.
what do i do ?
Police have dropped their insistence that garden stores record customer details when selling certain types of equipment as part of the bail conditions for those arrested in the Operation Lime cannabis raids.
Christchurch District Court Judge Christopher Somerville was told today that the condition that the shops keep a register of customers was now being dropped nationwide, three weeks after the raids.
Ten people charged after the Christchurch raids went to court today to argue for the deletion of that clause in their bail conditions, and police agreed.
By GILES BROWN - The Press
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3687083/Five-appear-on-cannabis-ch...
Five Christchurch people arrested during a nationwide operation to crack down on cannabis cultivation will appear at a hearing to alter their bail conditions next Thursday.
Christchurch District Court heard today that five people had been arrested in Christchurch following Operation Lime - which targeted indoor-gardening suppliers around the country last month.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3686602/Man-unrepentant-...
A Seddon vineyard owner told a probation officer he had no intention of giving up growing cannabis after he was charged with cultivating the plant.
Anton Leigh Graham, 38, appeared in the Blenheim District Court on Monday, having previously admitted cultivating cannabis, possession of LSD, possession of cannabis, possession of utensils and unlawfully having a weapon.
Cultervation of cannabis
Possesion of cannabis
Thay found about 7grms dry herb 1oz of wet herb and some dry cab and mouldy shit .
1 good size plant that had been harvested and was on the regrow 9 20cm high ones and ashit load of cuttings ranging in age some were dryed out some just taken i guess about 300.
I a green cross member i have been diagnosed with anklyosing spondilitis (could be spelt wrong)
I am facing a charge of supplying cultivation equipment/material and class 'C' possession. In December 2008, It is alleged that I gave a customer advice on how to use equipment needed to cultivate cannabis, how to propagate cannabis plants, and how to identify a female plant. The customer purchased a book on hydroponics from me. On tuesday I was arrested and upon being searched I was found to be in possession of a small wooden pipe and less than a gram of cannabis.