BREAKING NEWS: Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch dismissed dozens of illegal drug cases over what he says is a flaw in the state drug law.
Agreeing with a recent Federal Court decision issued by U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven which declared Florida’s Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act unconstitutional, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch, on Wednesday, August 17, 2001, dismissed 39 pending drug possession cases.
Read Judge Hirsch’s decision here.
Read the Miami Herald article on Judge Hirsch’s decision here.
The effect of Federal Court ruling that continues to be felt in Florida’s State Courts. Beyond the effect on pending drug possession cases, those currently incarcerated my also seek relief via a petition for Habeas Corpus in Federal Court.
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