Judge: Wis. Man Should Get New Trial

[Jim Finnel]

An appeals court judge has thrown out a marijuana possession charge against an Appleton man who had been authorized to use the drug by a California doctor.

Michael Kettner was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia last year after two grams of marijuana and two pipes were found in his car.

Kettner presented a typewritten medical authorization to possess marijuana by a doctor from California, which allows marijuana use for medical purposes, but he was convicted nonetheless.

Appeals Court Judge Michael Hoover on Tuesday upheld the paraphernalia charge but threw out the possession charge.

Hoover says the Town of Grand Chute's marijuana ordinance has an exception for medical use, and there should be a trial on whether Kettner's possession was covered by it.


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[TorturedSoul]

This is interesting in that it's a WI legal issue but the recommendation was from a CA doctor - and yet a WI judge is stating that the recommendation could potentially carry weight in his state. Which is not the same as stating that it does, but it opens the door.

Currently MN recognizes other states' MMJ users and declares those who possess a MMJ card issued in another state are legally allowed to use/possess/grow cannabis in MN (as long as the user does not break MN's MMJ quantity laws), but it is the only state that I know of that does so.