Is Hemp CBD legal in Minnesota? The law could be easier to follow. But the answers are here. CBD sourced from hemp was legal under Minnesota law. And since 2019 CBD with less than 0.3% THC is legal to possess. Moreover, a federal law prohibits spending on federal prosecution of people with state-legal hemp CBD. So… Read More »The Roots of CBD, Hemp & Law in Minnesota
Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer Thomas C. Gallagher reviewed the client’s prior conviction record and compared it to the statutory definition of “qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions” in Minn. Stat. §609.02, Subd. 16. The client had been convicted of Violation of a DANCO, under Minn. Stat. §518.0 1, subd. 22(d), but that offense was not one of those listed under the statutory definition of “qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions.” The prosecutor had made a mistake and Gallagher caught it.
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:
New though it may be, psychology has much to offer trial lawyers when it comes to jurors and juries. Each juror is an individual human being, and so, like all of us, can be better understood with cognitive psychology. Cognitive psychology has mapped out to an impressive extent how individuals perceive events, make sense of them, recall them, and report them. Juries, as groups, can be better understood with social psychology. Social psychologists have developed the science of how people cooperate and come to decisions together. Other branches of psychology can also be applied in the context of juror and jury research – all to the benefit of the trial lawyer.
On September 16, 2017 the Board of Directors of Minnesota NORML elected Thomas C. Gallagher to Chair of the Board. Gallagher is a Minneapolis Criminal Lawyer. And he twice ran for election as a Representative in the Minnesota House in District 61B (incumbent Paul Thissen) in 2014 and 2016. Moreover, he was the endorsed-candidate of Republican Party of… Read More »Minnesota NORML Elects Thomas Gallagher Chair of Board of Directors
Is religious use of marijuana a defense to a marijuana criminal charge? A recent Minnesota Court of Appeals case indicates the answer may be “yes.” In an unpublished opinion, In the matter of the Welfare of J.J.M.A., A13-0295, filed September 23, 2013, the court addresses the issue. The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed a juvenile’s delinquency… Read More »Religious use of marijuana defense prevails in Minnesota Rastafarian case
