The community is outraged at this continued waste of taxpayers’ dollars and will be there in court to support Mr. Jackson throughout his ordeal and bias driven persecution.
Please come out on August 16, 2010 at 8:15am in Department 11 to show your support for Mr. Jackson.
WHAT: Jovan Jackson Court Support
WHEN: August 16, 2010 – 8:15am
WHERE: San Diego Superior Court – 220 W. Broadway, San Diego CA 92101 (Department 11)
Manager of marijuana collective facing second drug trial in a year
By Dana Littlefield, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Jovan Jackson has been cutting men’s hair since he was a teenager. But a few years back, he decided to take a sharp detour from the barber trade and try a different vocation.
A medical marijuana patient himself, he joined with a small group of others to start a marijuana collective called Answerdam Alternative Care. He served as manager. It was a legal venture, he believed, made possible under California law.
But for Jackson, it was a decision that ultimately landed him in court.
For the second time in less than a year, Jackson, 32, is headed to trial on charges of illegally possessing and selling marijuana. The charges stem from a raid at the Kearny Mesa dispensary in September. In December, he was acquitted of similar charges related to an earlier raid on the same property.
Pretrial motions are expected to begin this week in San Diego Superior Court.
