The NORML gathering included some of the top legal talent in the Nation, including Kobe Bryant’s lawyer Hal Haddon, Hunter S. Thompson’s lawyers Haddon, Gerald Goldstein, and Abe Hutt. Mr. Corry’s upbeat and optimistic presentation included discussion of his victory in the historic case of People v. Ryan Margenau, a Gunnison District Court case that is the first medical marijuana case in Colorado to be tried to a jury. Mr. Corry’s client, a medical marijuana patient who had only a verbal recommendation from his physician to use medical marijuana, was acquitted of all felony and misdemeanor criminal counts against him, a total of four charges. Mr. Corry also discussed his successful lawsuit in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration returned growing equipment it seized in a raid on Dana K. May, another State-licensed medical marijuana patient. This is the first time in Colorado that the federal government has returned such equipment. The conference participants enjoyed an afternoon at the late Hunter S. Thompson’s compound in Woody Creek, Colorado.

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