Pubdate: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) Copyright: 2005 Times Colonist Contact: http://www.canada.com/victoria/timescolonist/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481 POT ADVOCATE LOSES CHARTER BID Ted Smith, Victoria's most-arrested champion of medical marijuana, lost a constitutional challenge Friday to the pot charge he is facing next in court. B.C. Supreme Court Justice R.D. Wilson dismissed an application in which Smith's lawyer, Robert Moore-Stewart, attempted to contend Smith's rights, guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, were violated. Smith will go to court on Oct. 11, before a Supreme Court judge and jury, on a charge of possession of THC for the purpose of trafficking. He was arrested at a pro-marijuana rally, on Nov. 15, 2000. Police contended he was passing out marijuana cookies. - --- MAP posted-by: SHeath(DPFFlorida)