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Alaska Digest Supreme Court upholds pot-possession ruling September 15, 2004 by Juneau Empire FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected a state petition to reconsider a ruling that allows residents to possess less than four ounces of marijuana in their homes for personal use. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld last
year's Court of Appeals unanimous ruling in the case of David Noy, a
North Pole man arrested in 2001 after being found with marijuana in his
home. The Appeals Court's decision was based on Ravin v. State, a 1975 state Supreme Court ruling that an adult's rights to limited marijuana possession was protected under the state constitution's privacy provisions. Attorney Bill Satterberg, who filed the original appeals court petition, said upholding the Noy Decision reaffirmed the right to privacy. |
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