Jury Deliberating Snowden Marijuana Case
Jurors in a Baltimore City Circuit Court spent more than an hour deliberating whether the chair of Annapolis' Housing Authority is guilty of marijuana possession.
A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury is deciding whether Carl Snowden, chairman of the Housing Authority of the city of Annapolis, is guilty of misdemeanor marijuana possession. The jury deliberated for more than an hour on Monday, but was unable to reach a verdict. Police arrested Snowden and his co-defendant Anthony Hill near Druid Hill Park in Baltimore on April 19 after officers discovered a cigar containing marijuana in the center cup holder of Snowden's 2010 Honda Pilot. The case hinges on whether jurors believe Snowden was using the marijuana. Snowden maintains that the cigar belonged to Hill, who pleaded guilty to possession in June. "Just because Mr. Hill is saying it's my marijuana doesn't mean Mr. Snowden didn't also possess it…
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W. L.
9:51 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Why was he in the car with a convicted drug user AND sex offender? The smell of Marijuana can't be missed. Shouldn't he have destroyed the cigar when he knew it was Marijuana? Shouldn't he have asked the user to get out of his car if he was using? If he wasn't using, wasn't he aiding the user? Why were they stopped by an unmarked car to begin with? Was he being followed for a reason? This is so … more ›