Pubdate: 20 March 1999 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Copyright: 1999 The Sacramento Bee Contact: P.O.Box 15779, Sacramento, CA 95852 Feedback: http://www.sacbee.com/about_us/sacbeemail.html Website: http://www.sacbee.com/ Forum: http://www.sacbee.com/voices/voices_forum.html Author: Barbara Barte Osborn COUPLE PLEADS NOT GUILTY Former Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby, 52, and his wife, Michele, 32, entered not-guilty pleas to drug charges Friday in Placer County Superior Court. A trial date of May 18 was set. The Olympic Valley residents each were charged with cultivating marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of more than 28.5 grams of marijuana and possession of an ingestion device. The first four are felonies. Steve Kubby was also charged with unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle or syringe, a misdemeanor. The couple say they were growing the 265 marijuana plants seized at their home in a Jan. 19 raid for their own medical use and not for sale. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea