San Francisco, CA Sept 28, 2006 -- In a major victory for San Francisco medical cannabis caregivers, Thomas Juzbasic LVN was acquitted in Municipal Court on all cannabis charges stemming from his bust in June 2003.

After over 39 months and a week long mistrial, the second trial lasted only two and a half days before the jury came back with the not guilty verdict in under two hours. He was charged with felony sales of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.

Mr. Juzbasic faces up to two years in jail if convicted. A different tactic was employed during the second trial by his counsel, Mel Santos in which Mr. Juzbasic was contrite, admitting he had made an honest mistake in selling 6.75 grams to undercover Inspector John Keane #948.

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Past Indybay Coverage:
2006: New Prosecutor; Testimony to Start | Jury Selection to Begin | Court Date and Rally | Rally for Tom the Nurse | The Long, Strange Trials of Tom the Nurse
2004: Tom the Nurse's Trials (3) | 8/20 Court Date | Tom the Nurse's Trials (2) | Tom the Nurse on Trial (1) | Tom the Nurse's Hearing Tomorrow | Rally in Support of Patients' Rights