Missoula County Montana To Halt Misdemeanor Arrests For Marijuana

[DeSwiss]

Missoula County attorney to police: Halt misdemeanor arrests for pot

By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian
Sunday, October 21 2007

Nearly a year after voters made the Garden City a little greener by asking county law enforcement to ignore adult marijuana offenses, Missoula's top prosecutor has adopted an official policy to uphold the referendum.

“In the interest of compliance with the 2006 voter initiative on marijuana ... we are asking law enforcement officers to stop arresting individuals or writing and submitting tickets (with mandatory appearance dates) where the offense committed is solely possession of marijuana in misdemeanor amounts or possession of drug paraphernalia intended for use of marijuana,” according to a draft of the policy by Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, an outspoken opponent of the measure.

Van Valkenburg's policy also instructs deputy prosecutors to charge misdemeanor marijuana cases on a lowest-priority basis when marijuana is the sole offense. “We will treat them as uncharged cases that will be assigned to a prosecutor and charged on a lowest priority basis,” according to the policy. “If charged, we will seek issuance of a summons with the complaint.”

If a defendant is charged but has no criminal record of consequence, county attorneys will offer a deferred prosecution agreement rather than filing formal charges. No court appearance would be required.

More: http://missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/20/news/local/news02.txt

- Finally. These are people who've figured this stupid shit out. Well, its a good first step anyway...

[SalmonChantedEvening]

1. Pack up the Yugo Maw, we're heading west!! n/t

[DeSwiss]

2. LOL!!!!

I'm not sayin'.... but I'd check and make sure they'll let you in Montana with a Yugo.

And maybe check about Maw too.... :rofl: