NJ Weedman taking marijuana conviction to high court
TRENTON —Marijuana legalization activist Edward Forchion, better known as NJ Weedman, lost an appeal to overturn his 2010 possession conviction.
Forchion, who moved to California, sought to have his Burlington County conviction thrown out by claiming he has a medical necessity for the pot and that criminalizing the possession of marijuana violates his rights under the U.S. and New Jersey constitutions.
But an appellate panel, in its 31-page decision issued on Friday, didn't agree and upheld his conviction.
Reached on Saturday through Twitter, Forchion told NJ Advance Media that he plans to ask the state Supreme Court to consider his case.
"When this case started on April 1st 2010 – I knew it would go on for years and end up in the states "HIGHEST," he wrote.
Forchion, who has run for Senate and governor in New Jersey on his marijuana platform, was arrested on April 1, 2010, when...
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