JUDGE WILL REMOVE ACTIVIST'S CONVICTION.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer A judge on Wednesday agreed to erase a felony conviction from the record of a local marijuana activist who hopes to once again run a medical marijuana dispensary dispensary: see clinic. in Ventura County. Municipal Court Judge Steven Hintz agreed to clear Andrea Nagy's 1992 conviction for growing marijuana - a move that was opposed by prosecutors. The action now goes to Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that for a formal pardon and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. of Nagy's record. Nagy, who ran the Rainbow Country Ventura County Medical Cannabis cannabis: see hemp; marijuana. cannabis Any plant of the genus Cannabis, which contains a single species, C. sativa. It is widely cultivated throughout the northern temperate zone. Center in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. until it was closed by court order in February, said she wanted to clear her record so she would not have to report the conviction on future job applications. Her request, she added, is not related to the District Attorney's ongoing civil suit to keep her marijuana dispensary shuttered shut·ter n. 1. One that shuts, as: a. A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers. b. . ``I don't feel that it affects my current case, and I'm certainly glad to have a clear record,'' said Nagy, a legal secretary. ``I'm very happy that justice was served today, against the District Attorney's vehement opposition.'' Deputy District Attorney Robin McGrew said the office opposed Nagy's request in part because Nagy had violated her probation and has offered differing reasons for growing the pot plants. At the time of her arrest in 1991 and conviction in 1992, Nagy never indicated she was growing the marijuana to relieve her chronic headaches, said McGrew, who reviewed Nagy's probation reports. But earlier this year - after the passage of Proposition 215, the state's medical marijuana initiative - Nagy told authorities that the marijuana she raised in 1991 was for medicinal purposes Medicinal Purposes is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Plot Edinburgh, 1827. , the prosecutor said. ``I felt she was sort of trying to manipulate the court,'' McGrew said. While she grew the marijuana in 1991 to relieve her headaches, Nagy said she never offered that as an explanation because at the time it was not a legal defense. ``I did not bring up my medical condition because it was not relevant at that time because it was not a defense like it is today.'' Passed by voters in 1995, Proposition 215 provides a legal defense for those who grow marijuana for medically approved reasons. |
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