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CRIMINAL LAW 2
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1. What happened to instigate this court procedure?
Diane Monson and Angel Raich, are patients suffering from different disease conditions
that are severe and require the use medical Marijuana for their treatment. The above individuals
were allegedly arrested by law enforcement for growing medical Marijuana whose growth is
prohibited in California unless its for medical use (Watts, 2015). The law enforcement officers
who arrested the parties did not in any way factor in the medical condition of the above parties
and therefore went against the law and more specifically the law that brought the above issues in
place (Watts, 2015). The respondents in this case attempt to show that the Drug Administration
was wrong to arrest the above mentioned parties.
2. Issue: What is the question will the court will be answering?
The court will be addressing several important issues. First, it will address whether the
authorities went against the law when they allowed the arrest of individuals who had been legally
allowed by a law formulated by congress (Watts, 2015). Secondly the law will determine
whether the respondents had the right to cultivate marijuana in their backyards and whether it
will endanger other parties in different ways (Watts, 2015). Thirdly, the law will determine the
limitation of the use of medical marijuana and determine if the above case was valid (Watts,
2015).
3. What is the Court's answer to the issue in question?
The state of California has various law regulating the use of marijuana within its
boundaries. In normal cases, it is prohibited for any party to grow or use marijuana (Watts,
2015). However, the court provides specific conditions under which medical marijuana can be
used. In this case it allows patients suffering from some illnesses to use medical marijuana to

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Running head: CRIMINAL LAW 1 Criminal Law Name Institution CRIMINAL LAW 2 Criminal Law 1. What happened to instigate this court procedure? Diane Monson and Angel Raich, are patients suffering from different disease conditions that are severe and require the use medical Marijuana for their treatment. The above individuals were allegedly arrested by law enforcement for growing medical Marijuana whose growth is prohibited in California unless it’s for medical use (Watts, 2015). The law enforcement officers who arrested the parties did not in any way factor in the medical condition of the above parties and therefore went against the law and more specifically the law that brought the above issues in place (Watts, 2015). The respondents in this case attempt to show that the Drug Administration was wrong to arrest the above mentioned parties. 2. Issue: What is the question will the court will be answering? The court will be addressing several important issues. First, it will address whether the authorities went against the law when they allowed the arrest of individuals who had been legally allowed by a law formulated by congress (Watts, 2015). Secondly the law will determine whet ...
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