Legal Opinion
People v. Ahmed
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 19, 2018No. A149066PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiggins, J.
*138Ramin Ahmed was convicted of possession of marijuana for sale, transportation of marijuana, and money laundering. He contends the trial court erred when it prohibited him from asserting a medical marijuana defense, that it gave a number of erroneous jury instructions, and that his attorney provided constitutionally inadequate representation. The court's ruling barring Ahmed's medical marijuana defense violated his constitutional right to present a defense, so we reverse.
BACKGROUND
Ahmed operated a business in Livermore selling medical marijuana products. Livermore, however, has a municipal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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