Marijuana Leaf-painter Argues About Treatment At Court Hearing

[Jim Finnel]

A former Winsted man who gained notoriety several years ago when he protested his arrest on marijuana charges by painting giant marijuana leaves on his house appeared briefly in Bantam Superior Court on Monday for a hearing about medical treatment he will undergo so that he might be deemed competent to stand trial on new drug charges.

Christopher Seekins, 28, was granted a suspended prison sentence in 2006 and placed on probation after Winsted police found 100 thriving marijuana plants in his home on High Street. He was re-arrested in 2007 by Torrington police, who found marijuana growing in his home on Gleeson Street in Torrington.

Seekins, who has been deemed incompetent to stand trial on the Torrington charges, repeatedly tried to protest the medications being discussed for him in court, citing potential dangerous side effects. He also said several times he wanted to fire his attorney, a public defender appointed to represent him. His case was continued for two months to determine the impact of the medication. He is in custody on $131,000 bail.


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[Keith Lake]

This is not what they mean when they say...

"stay low key if growing"

 

[Paladin]

Sadly, another example of just how free you aren't. The State ownes you ... they decide weather or not you can make your own decisions , what medications are "right " for you , what you can do with " your property " , and who will defend you in their so-called "courts of law " . ..... sic semper tyrannis !