Recent Blog Posts

MMP Card or Recommendation or Both?

David D. Diamond — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:15:00 GMT

Often times our office is asked whether or not a person needs an MMP card and/or the physician's recommendation. Even peace officers are misguided under the law. The simple answer is you do NOT need both. Health & Safety Code section 11362.71 clearly states that :

It shall not be necessary for a person to obtain an

identification card in order to claim the protections of Section

11362.5.

What this means is that you can maintain your claim to protection ounder the CUA with only a physicians recommendation.

Medical Marijuana Law

David D. Diamond — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:05:00 GMT

Our firm was recently published for its review of medical marijuana law. Please refer to page 28 in the following magazine

SFVBA February Magazine

Courts Can Prohibit Medical Marijuana Use While on Probation

David D. Diamond — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT

On January 27, 2012, the California COurt of Appeals was asked to decide if the trial court property mandated that a defendant could not use medical marijuana while on probation. The Court of Appeals agreed with the trial Judge. It found that Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, does not preclude trial court from imposing a probation requirement that defendant refrain from using marijuana, even for medical purposes. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in imposing probation condition that defendant refrain from using medical marijuana where condition was relevant to defendant's crimes--cultivating marijuana, possessing marijuana for sale, and transporting marijuana--and where defendant purported to rely on Proposition 215 to justify his possession of the marijuana plants he was transporting to sell.
People v. Hughes
Case Citation E051741

Welcome to our Los Angeles Marijuana Crimes Web Site and Law Blog.

David D.Diamond — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Welcome to our Los Angeles marijuana crimes web site and law blog! We have an RSS feed available to you here, please add it to your reader to stay up to date with the latest marijuana crimes and medical marijuana news.