Judge Terry Colvin dismissed Delorme’s lawyer’s attempt to claim that police had no reason for a search warrant based on the strong smell of cannabis emanating from Delorme’s house, given that skunks lived nearby.
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Colvin countered the officer had investigated 100 grow-ops and could tell the difference between the smell of cannabis and skunks, and sentenced Delorme to 90 days in jail.
While Colvin believed Delorme’s argument that the cannabis was entirely for medical purposes, and acknowledged the purpose of the grow-op was “compassion for his sister,” the judge nonetheless said a society without laws would descend into anarchy, and “The ends—marijuana oils and edibles—do not justify the means.”
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