9/12/2005 06:56 AM
'Ganja Guru' appeal set after delay
Oaklander argues even light sentence for pot convictions too harsh; feds
want 2 to 5 years
By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER
Inside Bay Area

More than two years after being convicted and sentenced for growing
marijuana, Oakland's self-styled "Guru of Ganja" will make his appeal
Tuesday for why even a slap on the wrist was too much.
Ed Rosenthal, a renowned pro-marijuana author, activist and cultivation
authority, claims he never should have been convicted of three
marijuana-growing felonies. The government claims he not only deserved
conviction, but he also deserved at least two to five years in prison
instead of his one-day, time-already-served sentence.

Three judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will decide sometime
in the few months after Tuesday's arguments.

Rosenthal