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Slaying suspect cleared By Daniel Witter/Appeal-Democrat A Linda man accused of double homicide in a botched medical marijuana .robbery attempt last year was freed Monday after a Yuba County jury cleared him of the charges....The two men were shot to death Sept. 27, 2005, i.n the backyard of Hance's Chesriaut Road home in Olivehurst.....Grifiin and five others were accused of trying to steal medicinal. marijuana from the Chestnut Road residence. The killings involve the largest number of suspects ever for a Yuba County murder trial, according to the Yuba County Sheriffs Department. Source: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/12/05/news/local news/news4.txt. CALIFORNIA: Victim tells of pot grab By Rob Young/Appeal-Democrat 1t was one tnan with a sword trying to keep fve men with guns from taking his medical marijuana, according to testimony Thursday in Sutter County Superior Court.. The robbery victim, who is not being named, said the men pulled up at his Meridian house about 1 a.m. Sept. 25 and stripped the plants he was growing legally in his backyard. while firing shots into the air....The robbery occurred even though his backyard "was lit up like daylight" with two halogen lights, the victim said.. On.e of the men pointed a handgun and said, "Freeze, or I'll blow your (expletive) head off," the victim told prosecutor Susan Green....It was recovered by police but Sutter County Undersheriff J. Paul Parker said it would not be returned to hiin without a court order. Don Wahlberg Jr., one of three defense attorneys in the case, asked the victim if smoking marijuana had affected his memory of events. "I ain't answering that. I plead the Fifth," the victim responded. Appeal-Democrat reporter Rob Young can be reached at 749-4710. You may e-mail him. at ryoung@appeai-democrat.com. Source: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/12/22/news/local_news/news5.txt Ordinance .Issues Tracy orders marijuana club closed City attorney says retail sale of pot violates ordinances By Mike Martinez, STAFF WRITER Article Last Updated:l2/01/2006 02:42:57 AM PST TRACY - It wasn`t exactly what Tracy City Manager Dan Hobbs had in mind for his "greening of Tracy" plan. The medical marijuana dispensary, which opened under the nose of city late last month on the outskirts of downtown Tracy, has been ordered to close. Although there is nothing in the city code specifically banning medical marijuana dispensaries, there's also nothing that allows them. The Valley Wellness Center Collective was ordered to "discontinue the non-listed use of distributing medical marijuana" in Tracy on or before Dec. 5. ".... City officials said t31e group misrepresented itself on its business license. The collective said its activity would be "retail sales conducted by a nonprofit corporation.".... 11 75A-85