23, Thursday March 23, 1995 X°ONS ang. And working if >acco ban )ver the gal costs 'eated or s among h Willie Nelson l escapes charge of marijuana to take . ! h1S possession /ake up isureofa AUSTIN (AP) —First the j IS, then the Hewitt Police De- jw is the artment. Less than a year af- r paying the bulk of a $9 mil- on tax debt to the IRS, singer illie Nelson appears to have aten a misdemeanor charge n Polun j)f marijuana possession, e Texas s A smiling Nelson praised a ice, said. (Vaco judge Wednesday for sup- >od thing pressing evidence in his case, “I’ve re |hich began last May when He lens from litt police officers found Nelson did not sleeping in his gray Mercedes smoking, along Interstate 35 after a long are in fa night of poker with friends. He- ilitt is just south of Waco, olicy and I Officers contended that along he state iith Nelson, they found less than ounce of marijuana in the car. “If those guys had given me an tion that I could have lived ith, I might have just paid the e and went on, but they did- |t,” Nelson said. Instead, Nelson said, authori- ies wanted to give him six I ionths probation, a fine and COIC 8 license away, ^dlo [“All this for something I felt ike was an illegal search and driver’s! leizure, and I felt strongly ^t a job. (enough that I wanted to take it s the pr to court,” Nelson said. I On Monday, McLennan Coun ts work ty court-at-law judge Michael ■hild cartpassaway granted a motion by Nelson’s lawyers to suppress evi- i, R-Flow dence in the case, including the aong ser;marijuana found in the car and any statements made by Nelson children;jtlfter the search, rlosetklr Gass a way ruled the state quire tedailed to establish probable ts to mfcause for the search. I McLennan County prosecutor d at ensiAlan Bennett said he disagreed nts recerwith the judge’s ruling and was [ovemrae^onsidering an appeal, ens shoil Bennett said the arresting o avoidrofficers “saw Nelson try to ren." hide” the marijuana, hristi,cril But Gassaway said that a d the stfhand-rolled cigarette lying in an velfare prashtray that was in plain view of three, af the officers “is not enough for 'ountriesa 'plain view’ search.” ither stint While Nelson said he thinks man saitiaiarijuana should be “taxed and regulated,” he said he hasn’t ad mitted to using the drug the ■ Stick The Battalion • Page 5 By Alvaro TOP FOUR TH»N€>5 YOU ARE &OIHC. TO RUN OUT OF DURlMfi YOUR COLLEGE 'I’CAKS 7grsn775? [^©©E) 6UE56 IT'S TIME FOR A. 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