Judge Says Pot Return Only A ‘Joke’

A judge is now saying that a proposed court order to return seized medical marijuana to members of a Concow collective was clearly intended as a “joke,” but the attorney for a man acquitted by a jury in the case isn’t laughing.

“I didn’t understand this to be a joke,” Chico attorney Jodea Foster said Wednesday of discussions that took place in the judge’s chambers last month over a motion Foster filed seeking the return of 56 marijuana plants and more than 250 starter “clones.”