FEED STORE CHARGES DROPPED GRANNIES' LAWYER ADMITS MISTAKE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Prosecutors dropped a probation-violation allegation against two of three grandmothers convicted last year of illegally selling a horse medicine, crystalized crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize v. crys·tal·lized also crys·tal·ized, crys·tal·liz·ing also crys·tal·iz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·iz·es v.tr. 1. iodine iodine (ī`ədīn, –dĭn) [Gr.,=violet], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol I; at. no. 53; at. wt. 126.9045; m.p. 113.5°C;; b.p. 184.35°C;; sp. gr. 4.93 at 20°C;; valence −1, +1, +3, +5, or +7. , that is an ingredient in making methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. . Deputy District Attorney Robert Sherwood withdrew his request for a hearing Wednesday after the women's attorney explained before a judge that she had mistakenly told them the terms of their probation allowed their feed store to sell a common antiseptic antiseptic, agent that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms on the external surfaces of the body. Antiseptics should generally be distinguished from drugs such as antibiotics that destroy microorganisms internally, and from disinfectants, which destroy called tincture of iodine Noun 1. tincture of iodine - a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic iodine antiseptic - a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues . ``In a probation violation, you have to show willful violation. If they relied on the advice of counsel, even if it was bad advice, I don't feel I could show it was willful violation,'' Sherwood said. ``Based on their representations, which I had no reason to doubt them, I felt I couldn't go forward with the motion.'' Under the defendants' probation, they are not allowed to sell iodine in any form, with the exception of feed products that contain trace amounts of iodine, Sherwood said. Sherwood said he made a motion to revoke To annul or make void by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. revoke v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise, as if it no longer existed. the probation of Armitta Granicy and Dorothy Manning based on information he received about a Feb. 27 raid on a methamphetamine lab in Lancaster. Investigators said they found a Granicy Valley Wide Feed store receipt dated Feb. 22 indicating a sale of a tincture of iodine. At Wednesday's hearing at Lancaster Superior Court, Judge David Mintz reread Verb 1. reread - read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him" read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" the terms and conditions of probation to Granicy and Manning. ``We had told the Granicys they could sell tincture of iodine. The judge said they couldn't. I informed them they could not (sell it), and they haven't sold it since then,'' defense attorney Alison Bloom said. Granicy, Manning and Ramona Beck, three sisters, were sentenced in July 2001 after being convicted of breaking a 1999 state law that requires sellers of crystalized iodine to get customers' names, addresses and license-plate numbers. The three women were placed on probation and fined. They are appealing the conviction. The women had faced up to six months in jail for each misdemeanor count they were convicted of. Prosecutors at the time of sentencing did not seek jail time. |
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