The evidence in the trial of two men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan's governor is irrefutable.
The jury has heard a lot about marijuana in the case of Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., who are accused of conspiring to abduct a woman in 2020.
It has been used by defense lawyers to reinforce their depiction of Fox and Croft as big talkers, who often said outrageous things when they had been smoking pot. Michigan has legalized marijuana use by adults.
The jury in Grand Rapids will hear closing arguments on Monday.
The tone of the trial was set by the defense attorney, who said that the accused was a "stoner pirate kind of whack nut" and that he was "frankly high on marijuana all the time."
During her brief appearance in the witness chair, the girlfriend of the Delaware truck driver confirmed that he uses marijuana frequently. An investigator was asked to read aloud a text message he had sent to a person inside a group of extremists
John Penrod said that there was too much pot.
According to the evidence presented by the prosecutors, Fox wanted to take her out to Lake Michigan in a boat. It was written on social media that governors should be hanged for treason.
Their attorneys are arguing against government agents. According to a Detroit-area lawyer, references to marijuana can be used to show a jury that their judgement was not perfect.
You're in a different place. When you say something, you don't really mean it. I don't think it's a strong defense, but sometimes you need a juror as a holdout to rest their position on the case. It's time to throw it away. It's possible the fish will bite.
After a jury couldn't agree on a verdict in April, this is the second trial. Two men were acquitted and two others pleaded guilty.
Marijuana has been referred to when questioning witnesses.
The most important FBI Informant, Dan Chappel, recalled how he and Fox traveled to Michigan to look at a lakeside vacation home. He said Fox smoked marijuana throughout the day and shared it with a stranger.
Adam Fox smoked marijuana in front of you. Correct, at almost every meeting you were at? Christopher Gibbons wanted to know what was going on.
Chappel said that he smoked.
The person is from Delaware. Fox lived in the basement of a vacuum shop.
The prosecutors haven't made a lot of their drug habits public. Fox and members of a paramilitary group smoked marijuana when they met with an undercover FBI agent who pretended to be a rebel.
Do you know if you used marijuana? Christopher O'Connor was an assistant US attorney.
"That wouldn't be allowed," said the man who drank beer.
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