Source: Orange County Register (CA) Contact: http://www.ocregister.com/ Pubdate: 30 Aug 1998 On Friday Marvin Chavez,founder of the Orange County Patient,Doctor,Nurse Support Group,which has tried to develop a distribution system to get marijuana to patients who are authorized to use it under Proposition 215,got a new lawyer and a new date to begin his trial on 10 counts of selling marijuana. James Silva of Los Angeles, who has defended people who tried to set up medical marijuana distribution networks in San Diego, San Francisco and Ventura counties, is Mr. Chavez's new lawyer, permitted to take the case after the public defender's office declared it had a conflict because it was defending other medical-marijuana cases. Mr Chavez will have to raise money to pay Mr. Silva, who told us he will have to study the case to date to see if he can find a way to bring about a change in Superior Court Judge Frank Fasel's decision not to allow Prop. 215 to be used as part of the Chavez defense. Some pre-trial motions are expected and the trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 28 at 9 a.m. - --- Checked-by: Pat Dolan