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Rob Corry Wins Appeal for Caregiver Sentenced to Prison

Posted on 2010-08-11 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Medical marijuana conviction against Frank Marzano tossed due to illegal search
By Michael Roberts, Mon., Aug. 9 2010 @ 2:25PM Comments (5) Categories: Follow That Story, Marijuana
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Back in July, attorney Rob Corry told us about a case involving Frank Marzano, a medical marijuana grower who was convicted in 2007 after his crop was […]

Rob Corry litigates key medical marijuana appeal

Posted on 2010-07-23 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/07/medical_marijuana_search_seizure_rob_corry_on_appeal_of_disputed_frank_marzano_verdict.php
Medical marijuana search & seizure: Rob Corry on appeal of disputed Frank Marzano verdict
By Michael Roberts, Fri., Jul. 23 2010 @ 10:39AM Categories: Marijuana Rob Corry.
​The medical marijuana laws in Colorado are akin to a full employment plan for attorneys. Take this week’s appeal of a case involving Frank Marzano, who was convicted in 2007 […]

Court of Appeals Upholds Marijuana Use by Parent

Posted on 2010-06-30 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Parent’s Medical Marijuana Use Isn’t Child Endangerment, Court Rules
Posted on 27 May 2010
Tags: Medical Marijuana, Rob Corry
By Matt Masich, LAW WEEK COLORADO
DENVER — A parent’s use of medical marijuana does not necessarily constitute child endangerment, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The determination of whether medical marijuana use presents a threat to a child’s […]

Corry Condemns Senator for Calling on Military Troops against Medical Marijuana Patients

Posted on 2010-05-07 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL scott.renfroe.senate@state.co.us
May 7, 2010
Senator Scott Refroe
Colorado Senate
Denver, CO
Re: Your Call for Government Military Force Used Against
Coloradans Suffering from Debilitating Medical Conditions
Dear Senator Renfroe:
I called your office to discuss this with you in a civilized manner, but your
voice mail is full, so I write instead. Perhaps those who filled your voice mail
share my shock […]

Corrys on Huffington Post re Colorado Medical Marijuana in Danger

Posted on 2010-04-26 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-corry-jr/rocky-mountain-high-medic_b_551354.html
by Robert J. Corry, Jr. and Jessica Corry
Posted: April 26, 2010 10:47 AM
“Rocky Mountain High” Medical Marijuana in Danger
Read More: Chris Romer , Colorado , Colorado Medical Marijuana , Denver Post , Jessica Corry , Marijuana Dispensaries , Medical Marijuana , Robert Corry , Denver News
Over the past […]

USA Today 4/20: Colorado Marijuana Draws National Attention

Posted on 2010-04-21 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-20-medical-marijuana_N.htm
Medical marijuana business is on fire
By Rob Reuteman, Special from CNBC.com
DENVER — Medical marijuana dispensaries are springing up in Colorado’s major cities like coffee shops, nail parlors, tanning salons or taco shops.
It’s been 10 years since Colorado voted to allow the use and sale of marijuana for medical reasons. But in the past six […]

Rob Corry, “Fiery Advocate,” Debates Attorney General

Posted on 2010-04-07 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Fiery advocate, staunch critic debate medical marijuana at law school
By John Ingold
The Denver Post
Posted: 04/07/2010 02:40:05 PM MDT
Updated: 04/07/2010 05:33:40 PM MDT
Sergio Elizondo, William Chengelis and Miguel Lopez applaud during the introduction of criminal defense attorney Robert Corry, who debated Colorado Attorney General John Suthers at the Sturm College of Law at the University […]

Normalization of Marijuana: Wall Street Journal = Establishment Acceptance

Posted on 2010-03-19 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

In Mile High City, Weed Sparks Up a Counterculture Clash
Medical Marijuana Brands Like ‘AK-47′ Harsh the Mellow of Upscale Potrepreneurs
PAGE ONE MARCH 19, 2010
By STEPHANIE SIMON

DENVER—Attorney Warren Edson would like to throttle the anonymous marijuana breeder who named a potent strain of weed “Green Crack.”
He’s not too fond, either, of those breeders who […]

A Green St. Paddy’s Day: Two Pounds to be Returned by Sheriff

Posted on 2010-03-17 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/03/st_paddys_day_present_from_the.php
Marijuana at the end of the St. Paddy’s Day rainbow: Arapahoe County to return two pounds of pot seized from caregiver last year
By Joel Warner, Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 6:54AM
Categories: Colorado Crimes
For this case, Rob Corry seemed to tap the luck of the Irish.
​Today should turn out to be a very good St. […]

Colorado Congressman Calls Out Rogue DEA

Posted on 2010-02-25 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Congressman Letter re DEA
Colorado Congressman Jared Polis has sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice questioning a recent DEA raid against Colorado Medical Marijuana. Text of the letter follows:
Attorney General Eric Holder
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Dear Attorney General Holder:
As you know, the voters […]

Corry to DEA: Back Off

Posted on 2010-02-13 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

VIA FACSIMILE 202-616-9881 AND
ELECTRONIC MAIL oig.hotline@usdoj.gov
February 13, 2010
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice
Investigations Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room 4706
Washington, DC 20530
Re: Rogue DEA Agents Violation of Justice Department Formal Guidelines on Medical Marijuana
Dear Office of Inspector General:
Please treat this as a formal complaint of waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct against U.S. Department of […]

Corry Takes Scalpel to Another Medical Marijuana Bill

Posted on 2010-01-25 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Rob Corry rips apart another Senator Chris Romer bill — this one about relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients
By Michael Roberts in Follow That Story, Marijuana, PoliticsMon., Jan. 25 2010 @ 12:10PM
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/01/rob_corry_rips_apart_another_s.php
Rob Corry has his red pencil out again.
​Earlier this month, we told you about medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry’s shredding of Senator […]

Corry Requests Accounting of State Medical Marijuana Patient Funds

Posted on 2010-01-19 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/01/rob_corry_to_state_health_depa.php
Rob Corry to state health department: Where has all the medical marijuana registration money gone?
By Michael Roberts in Follow That Story
Tue., Jan. 19 2010 @ 9:23AM
Bet the folks at the health department love getting mail from Rob Corry.
​Attorney Rob Corry, one of the most aggressive medical marijuana advocates on the current scene, isn’t about to […]

Scorched Earth Victory: Senator Romer Pulls Crushing Regulations

Posted on 2010-01-10 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Robert J. Corry, Jr. Attorney at Law, commended State Senator Chris Romer for ending his quest to regulate Colorado’s Medical Marijuana community. Senator Romer’s decision was posted on the Huffington Post web site on Saturday night, January 9, 2010. A debate between the Senator and Robert Corry on the bill aired on Jon […]

Rob Corry Provides Detailed Analysis to Senator Romer

Posted on 2010-01-07 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
January 7, 2010
The Honorable Chris Romer
Colorado Senate
Denver, Colorado
Re: Preliminary Comments on Draft Text (Dec. 30, 2009) Regulate Medical Marijuana
Dear Senator Romer:
Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments to your draft “Regulate Medical Marijuana” bill. I enjoyed our appearance on KBDI January 5, and am encouraged you committed to consider significant modifications […]

Victory for Rob Corry over Centennial Prohibition

Posted on 2010-01-06 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Local governments across the State of Colorado take notice! If you trample on the Constitution, you may be next. The time is now for re-assessing your bans.
denver and the west
Judge bars Centennial from closing medical marijuana dispensary
By John Ingold
The Denver Post
Posted: 12/31/2009 01:00:00 AM MST
Updated: 12/31/2009 10:16:38 AM MST
“This is a very complex […]

5280 Magazine Includes Rob Corry in 50 Most Influential Powerbrokers

Posted on 2010-01-03 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://www.5280.com/issues/2010/1001/feature.php?pageID=2063
The 5280 Fifty
We rank the Mile High City’s most influential powerbrokers in our primer on who’s running Denver. Plus: A look at whose stars are rising—and whose stock is plummeting.
By Patrick Doyle, Luc Hatlestad, and Maximillian Potter
January 2010
It’s been five years since we last ranked Denver’s most powerful people, and, oh, how the town […]

CNN Reports on Colorado’s “Green Rush”

Posted on 2009-12-14 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medical.marijuana/index.html
Colorado’s Green Rush: Medical marijuana
By Jim Spellman, CNN
December 14, 2009 9:31 a.m. EST
Zack Moore says he will make about $6,000 after six months of growing marijuana.
Denver, Colorado (CNN) — Driving down Broadway, it’s easy to forget you are in the United States. Amid the antique stores, bars and fast-food joints occupying nearly every block are […]

Patients Sue Centennial for its Unconstitutional Ban on Medical Marijuana

Posted on 2009-11-30 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13893335
Pot patients sue Centennial over closed dispensary
By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press Writer
CENTENNIAL, Colo.—A medical marijuana lawsuit in suburban Denver could test the limits of how far Colorado cities can go to stop pot shops.
A dispensary and three patients sued the city of Centennial Monday after the town shut down a marijuana dispensary last month.
Centennial […]

Robert J. Corry Jr. named Chairman of Colorado Wellness Association

Posted on 2009-11-13 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

LINK: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13768533
denver and the west
Colorado medical-pot backers form trade group
By John Ingold
The Denver Post
Posted: 11/12/2009 01:00:00 AM MST
Updated: 11/12/2009 02:24:29 AM MST
A group of medical-marijuana advocates — striving for legitimacy for their still-nascent industry — announced the formation of a new trade group Wednesday.
The Colorado Wellness Association, its founders said, will formulate regulations for the […]

Court Victory for Patients! Caregivers need only provide medicine

Posted on -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

VIDEO: http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=126712&catid=222
Judge overturns board’s medical marijuana decision
posted by: Sara Gandy written by: Jeffrey Wolf TaRhonda Thomas
DENVER - While questioning an attorney defending the decision to change a rule regarding medical marijuana caregivers, Judge Larry Naves realized he was getting pretty intense.
“If I seem a little upset about […]

Corry in Denver Post: Stop the Hysteria and Economic Illiteracy about Marijuana

Posted on 2009-11-02 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

guest commentary
Stop the medical marijuana madness
By Robert J. Corry Jr.
Posted: 11/02/2009 01:00:00 AM MST
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_13691103
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” — Ronald Reagan
Today, not much about Colorado’s economy moves. The […]

New U.S. Justice Dept Memo re Medical Marijuana

Posted on 2009-10-19 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/192
Memorandum for Selected United State Attorneys on Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana
October 19th, 2009 Posted by Tracy Russo
Today Attorney General Eric Holder announced formal guidelines for federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Those guidelines are contained in a […]

Breaking: DA Dismisses Case Against Medical Marijuana Grower

Posted on 2009-10-15 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

DA dismisses charges against medical marijuana patient, caregiver
Erica Meltzer, Boulder Daily Camera
Posted: 10/15/2009 04:34:28 PM MDT
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett has requested that all charges be dropped against a Nederland woman who faced drug charges stemming from her use and distribution of medical marijuana.
Sherri Versfelt’s home was raided by law enforcement in July 2008. […]

Smells Like Victory - Colorado Springs Police Return Half a Pound of Medicine

Posted on 2009-10-13 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Marijuana grower ‘liberates’ confiscated weed
October 13, 2009 3:47 PM
LANCE BENZEL / THE GAZETTE
Marijuana’s pungent odor filled the lobby at Colorado Springs police headquarters Tuesday afternoon as former drug suspect Stephan Thomas showed off nearly a half pound of the drug he reclaimed from police custody.
“Liberating medicine!” his attorney, Robert J. Corry Jr. of Denver, […]

Victory in Boulder; Not Guilty on Felony Charges; Patient Rolls Out with Two Pounds

Posted on 2009-08-19 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Acquitted, medical pot patient leaves Boulder court with drugs
Advocates, juror agree that sick people should decide how much pot is appropriate
By John Aguilar
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Photo by Marty Caivano
Jason Lauve, center, his brother Alex, left, and his attorney, Robert Corry, are greeted by cheers from supporters as they exit the courtroom at the Boulder […]

No Limits: Victory for Colorado Patients, Caregivers, and Voters

Posted on 2009-07-21 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Colo. Health Board Votes Down Medical Marijuana Limits
Hundreds Turn Out In Opposition To Cap On Patient Number
By Lance Hernandez, 7NEWS Reporter
POSTED: 4:45 am MDT July 20, 2009
UPDATED: 1:16 am MDT July 21, 2009
DENVER — The state Board of Health has voted down a proposal to limit medical marijuana providers to five patients each.
The vote was […]

“Corry Alternative” Formally Proposed for Health Board Meeting 7/20/09

Posted on 2009-06-07 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

Robert J. Corry, Jr., Attorney at Law, has formally proposed the following regulatory language as an alternative to the Health Department proposal limiting caregivers to five patients and requiring caregivers to perform miscellaneous chores for patients whether requested or not. Corry’s alternative is designed to protect the confidentiality of vulnerable patients and caregivers. […]

Robert Corry Wins “John Lilburne” Award for Successfully Opposing Referendum O

Posted on 2009-01-13 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Holmes
December 12, 2008 (703) 492-1776
Citizens In Charge Foundation Names Robert Corry November Lilburne Award Winner
(Woodbridge, VA) … Citizens in Charge Foundation (CICF), a national group that works to educate citizens and opinion leaders on the importance of the voter initiative and referendum process, today named Colorado attorney Robert Corry as the December […]

Rob Corry Receives “Friend of Reform” Award

Posted on 2008-06-10 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

May 30, 2008; Robert J. Corry, Jr., Attorney at Law, received a surprise “Friend of Reform” Award from Sensible Colorado and SAFER, recognizing his continued efforts on behalf of marijuana reform in the courts of law and public opinion. The award, an engraved plaque, was given to Mr. Corry at a fundraiser at his […]

Corry Requests Government Records re Limitation on Medical Marijuana Caregivers

Posted on 2007-03-22 -- Posted in Legal Resources, Cases of Interest, In The News

“Sunshine is the best disinfectant;” Corry requests to shed the light of day on the Department of Health’s limitation on amount of medical marijuana patients for a caregiver, many patients are being denied their medicine, this is an emergency public health issue, and the government is hurting people

State House Judicial Committee to Hear Bill on Record Sealing

Posted on 2007-02-05 -- Posted in Legal Resources

In Colorado, state law currently does not allow an adult to seal a criminal record.

This ensures that people convicted of a crime, no matter how long ago and no matter

how successful they are in life, will forever be stigmatized and possibly discriminated

against in housing and employment due to their criminal record.

Colorado Constitution, Article XVIII, section 14, Medical Marijuana

Posted on 2006-07-19 -- Posted in Legal Resources

Colorado’s Supreme Law Sets Forth the People’s God-Given Constitutional Right to Medical Marijuana

Genesis Chapter 1:29

Posted on 2006-01-01 -- Posted in Legal Resources

Direct Judeo-Christian Biblical Authority that God Gave Mankind “every herb bearing seed upon the face of the earth”

Colorado Department of Health Medical Marijuana Regulations

Posted on -- Posted in Legal Resources

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Center for Health and Environmental Information and Statistics
6 CCR 1006-2
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Medical Use of Marijuana
(Last Amended May 19, 2004, effective July 30, 2004)
State of Colorado
Board of Health
Rules and Regulations
Pertaining to Medical Use of Marijuana
Regulation 1: Establishment and confidentiality […]