Pubdate: Sun, 09 January 2000 Source: Auburn Journal Copyright: 2000 Auburn Journal Contact: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603 Website: http://www.auburnjournal.com/ Author: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer Cited: The American Medical Marijuana Association, http://www.kubby.com/AMMA.html Bookmark: MAP's link to articles on Steve Kubby is: http://www.mapinc.org/kubby/ LOCKYER WON'T INTERVENE IN KUBBY CASE Embattled pot proponent Steven Kubby shouldn't hold out much hope of intervention from the state Attorney General's Office in his bid to to have Placer County law enforcement back off on prosecuting him. Kubby's case got even stranger this week when the former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate accused sheriff's deputies in Placer County of "attempted murder" by withholding during a three-day jail stay the marijuana he contends is needed to stave off a rare and potentially fatal disease - malignant pheochromocytoma. He asked the Attorney General's Office this week to intervene. A spokesman for Lockyer's office said Kubby's latest request is the most recent in a series of missives that now stands 6 inches high. Nathan Barankin, the Attorney General's communications director, said the office will review and respond "as quickly as possible" but that state intervention is unlikely. "It's a rare occasion indeed when this office interferes with local law enforcement enforcing the law," Barankin said. "We're not aware of any information that suggest we ought to break with that practice." Kubby and his wife Michele Kubby were charged with possession of marijuana for sale after sheriff's investigators raided their Olympic Valley home and discovered 265 pot plants growing inside.Kubby's contention is that he was in compliance with Proposition 215, 1996 Compassionate Use Act. Kubby's case is scheduled to go to trial Feb. 15 in Auburn. Both Sheriff Ed Bonner and District Attorney Brad Fenocchio have maintained a policy of "no comment" while the case is still pending in court. Kubby has also sent a letter to the Placer County grand jury asking for an investigation. The request is under the letterhead of the American Medical Marijuana Association, which Kubby said he is national director of. - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck