Alaska Court Narrows Marijuana Search Law

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP - ABC News)

Police cannot execute a search warrant in a person's home for possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana, the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

The court ruled in the case of Leo Richardson Crocker Jr., who was charged with controlled substance misconduct after police, acting on a tip, searched his home and found marijuana and growing equipment.

A lower court ruled the search warrant that led to the arrest should have never been issued and suppressed the evidence against Crocker. The appeals court agreed. ..

The state Supreme Court in 1975 ruled that an adult's rights to limited marijuana possession was protected under the state constitution's privacy provisions. Last year, the Appeals Court defined that limit as 4 ounces.

The Appeals Court also struck down a 1990 voter initiative that criminalized possession of any amount of marijuana.

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1. Damn I need to move there.

They even pay you to live there too don't they. Too damn cold i spose.

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3. Lived there a long time ago. It gets colder there, you bet. But it doesn't

feel as cold. The winters here in Nebraska feel worse. Our landlord from Minnesota used to leave his windows cracked open a couple of inches at night. When I asked him how and why he did it, he said for fresh air and because Anchorage in the winter felt like Minnesota in the spring.

It was great there.

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2. I'm glad to hear they struck that down

and glad to hear at least one state has come to it's senses as far as pot smokers go.

Only 49 more to go. :smoke: