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. 
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