Being someone who has exhausted many hours studying state precedents, I have to jump in, although this thread appears dead.
You are completely protected by the AL state constitution & the AL Supreme Court.
Ravin v. Alaska me brotha. Wikiepdia it.
A brave man (kind of a Rosa Parks of his day for our cause), who was an attorney that decided to put the constitution (AL state) to the test. And boy did he. Granted, I believe the Alaskans have much different (way better than my state) values than a lot of the rest of the country. Not to mention, several republico governors (I believe one tried back in 2005), have tried to re-criminalize. And subsequently, easch one died an nice quiet death in the state legislature. (I also believe, if memory serves, 1 gov. back in the 90's may have even repealed the Ravin decision & recrimin'd himself. Only to have the house strike his mandate down within a year or 2.
Alaskans are deadly effin serious about their privacy. Which was Ravin's main argument. He focused on the fact that an adult, under the AL state constitution is able to do WHATEVER the fuck they choose to do in the privacy of their on home.
Yes, you are able to grow 25 plants in the privacy of your own home, and that is just plain fact. ANYONE that tries to tell you otherwise is just plain incorrect. Obvously, I suppose federal law would trump that. However, I have NEVER seen an instance of federal prosuction in AL for cannabis unless it was an import from BC distribution situation.
The feds know that you all are serious about your privacy. And the fact that you had a small few ladies going, I wouldn't sweat it for a minute. Not to mention that I am quite sure that anything the mailman saw would be inadmissable in court. And no judge will issue a search warrant on hearsay from a frickin postman. You are straight dude.
Just sure wish I could come to understand why the effers the rest of the state legislatures get on the same page. I mean Ravin v. Alaska was handed down back in 1975. So yeah, officially, you all have been straight for 34 years.
I often thought about being my states Irwin Ravin. However, I'm in the south dude, it'd be a long time before things change here. But I should be back to west coast within a year (if some frickin jobs open up). On that note, GO NEW JERSEY, one more down, 36 to go!!
My assessment, is that if I were you, I would get about 20 more ladies goin. You have the right my friend. You are the only state in the union that does. Enjoy it!!!
I don't feel as worried as before. I am gonna get him a bottle of scotch and play it a lot safer from now on, although it really was a freak occurrence. I have heard the "legal" amount stuff but I read in the paper a few weeks ago that someone in the valley got busted for having 20 plants, so I am still weary
