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Judge Throws Out $500,000 Grow-Op Case
Pubdate: Tue, 05 Apr 2005
Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB)
Copyright: 2005 The Edmonton Journal
Contact: http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134
Author: CanWest News Service
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Edmond+Kim
JUDGE THROWS OUT $500,000 GROW-OP CASE
WHITBY, ONT. - A judge has thrown out all charges in a $500,000
marijuana grow-op seizure because of serious charter violations by
police who killed two dogs at a home in Pickering, Ont.
Superior Court Justice Barry MacDougall ruled Monday that Durham
Regional Police officers had a "casual" approach to the charter rights
of Edmond Kim, 30, when they entered his home in April 2003 before
obtaining a search warrant.
Police testified last month that they were called to the home, just
east of Toronto, after receiving a call that two "vicious dogs" were
terrorizing neighbours.
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