From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   JCT: When Ray met Rene, he was being sentenced to 8 months in prison   
   for growing a couple of hundred plants. Rather than go to jail, he   
   chose to fire his lawyer and go on offence.   
      
   After going from Provincial to Superior back to Provincial to Superior   
   to Court of Appeal back to Provincial on his way back to Superior and   
   the Court of Appeal, the Crown offered him "No Jail Time" for a plea   
   to end it for everyone.   
      
   He was serving his motion to annul his re-option to come below and his   
   Charter Motion lest his case continue below. So if there is no deal,   
   if the judge doesn't annul, that's what they're facing in a trial.   
   After he challenges the "no annul" decision to the top.   
      
   Have to admit, the judges will love the Crown if he can get this pot   
   off the front burner and put an end to all discussion of their   
   judicial errors.   
      
   I told Rene to hang on for the same result as James Turner. James had   
   charges for growing 2,800 plants withdrawn. Rene will abandon his   
   claim for the Return of Controlled Substance in exchange for   
   withdrawal of charges. Crown can use same reasons as for Turner, not   
   worth the resources. But with so much leverage right now, and plenty   
   of time to still eventually take the deal, he's sticking for the same   
   as Turner. No guilty plea. We'll see what happens.   
      
   But imagine the feeling of hearing "no prison" after having been ready   
   to start the 8-month sentence deal his lawyer had gotten him.   
      
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