Category Archives: Marijuana Charges

This year, Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team officers raided Marshall Alternatives, a medical marijuana dispensary near Fowlerville, Michigan. The owners of the dispensary and an employee were charged with delivery of marijuana after selling marijuana to an undercover police officer who had a medical marijuana card with no listed caregiver. The defendants recently waived […]

On Christmas day, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up an airplane headed to Detroit, Michigan. He had explosives hidden in his underwear, which earned him the nickname “Underwear Bomber.” This terrorist was unsuccessful at detonating the explosives and he was immediately taken into police custody and interrogated. During this interrogation, the terrorist made […]

A very hot topic in Michigan law right now is medical marijuana. As you can read about in our previous entries to this blog, the Michigan Court of Appeals has recently issued some decisions that limit the application of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA). Like any controversial topic, there are people who feel very […]

Last week, we wrote about the Michigan Court of Appeals’ ruling that medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal if they involve the sale of marijuana. This week, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling that further limits the application of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA). More Conflicts with the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act This newest […]

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that the sale of marijuana from medical marijuana dispensaries is illegal in Michigan. In this case, two men own a medical marijuana dispensary in Mount Pleasant, Michigan—Compassionate Apothecary, LLC—where medical marijuana patients can buy marijuana from medical marijuana caregivers that rent lockers there. The dispensary keeps about 20% […]

8 Defendants Charged with Selling Marijuana to Undercover Police Officers Last August, the Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team raided Clinical Relief, a medical marijuana clinic in Ferndale, Michigan. The officers arrested nine people who had ties to the clinic. The 43rd District Judge Joseph Longo recently ruled that there is probable cause that eight of […]

Howard Township resident Sylvester Vanderbutts was found guilty of marijuana possession last year in a jury trial in the Cass County Circuit Court. Vanderbutts, now 53 years old, is appealing his criminal conviction. The Michigan Attorney General’s Appellate Division handles criminal appeals from felony convictions for Michigan counties with a population of 75,000 or less. […]