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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The city's 2012 amendment to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana has cleared a final legal challenge.
State Supreme Court justices, in a split decision, declined to hear an appeal from Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth in a ruling issued Saturday, Dec. 12.
Since voters approved the measure in 2012 — making possession of less than 2.5 ounces of marijuana a civil infraction — Forsyth has sought to have it overturned.
He argued the amendment wrongly prohibits Grand Rapids police from enforcing state law, or reporting marijuana offenses to county prosecutors.
A state appeals court disagreed with Forsyth's view in January, and he appealed to the Supreme Court.
The highest court's ruling was not without dissension.
Justices Stephen Markman and David Viviano wanted to hear the case.
Viviano wrote:
"I would have granted the application because I believe this case presents an important constitutional...
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