On June 15, 2018 Thomas C. Gallagher, a Minneapolis Marijuana Crimes Defense Attorney, presented a Continuing Legal Education course to about 200 of the best defense lawyers in Minnesota, the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice 33rd Annual DWI Seminar in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

Topics covered by Gallagher included:

1. Scheduling, both Minnesota and Federal
2. Medical marijuana issues
3. Medical necessity defense
4. The small amount “resinous form” technical loophole
5. Marijuana in a Motor Vehicle defenses
6. Auto searches based on claimed odor of marijuana as probable cause
7. Prolonged detention abuses and remedies
8. Drug testing; screening vs. lab tests; false positives, proof of identity
9. Weight issues
10. Conflicts in law: definitions of marijuana vs. mixture vs. hemp
11. Unconstitutional presumption of “intent to sell” based on possession
12. Growing charged as sale even though no sale happened
13. Circumstantial evidence and “construction possession”
14. Circumstantial evidence isn’t enough unless inconsistent with any rational hypothesis except that of guilt.
15. Passenger vs. driver; mere presence is not enough jury instruction
16. The right to present a defense
17. Jury nullification and the rule of lenity
18. First Amendment religious freedom defense
19. DWI-marijuana cases and their defense
20. Half-life of blood THC
21. THC vs THC-metabolites

If you are a lawyer, or a person with a question about marijuana and criminal law in Minnesota, you are invited to call Thomas Gallagher or leave a comment.