23,
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March 23, 1995
X°ONS
ang. And
working if
>acco ban
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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
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