Remorseful Jurors Want Retrial In Medical Pot Case
Posted: 12:23 pm PDT September 8, 2008Updated: 12:24 pm PDT September 8, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. -- Two jurors who convicted two Modesto men of running a criminal enterprise in connection with a medical marijuana dispensary want the defendants to get a new trial. Jurors Craig Will of Twain Hart and Larry Silva of Tollhouse say they wouldn't have found the men guilty had they known the penalty was 20 years to life in prison. They said a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about medical marijuana led them to believe the crimes weren't that serious. Ricardo Ruiz Montes and Luke Scarmazzo are scheduled for sentencing Sept. 15 in U.S. District Court in Fresno. Their attorneys also will argue a motion for a new trial.
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