February 24, 2014

East Brookfield District Court

c/o District Attorneys Office
544 East Main Street
East Brookfield, MA 01515

Re: Preservation and Records Request Com. v. Quinn Lonchiek-Reneham
Case No. 1369CR001705 Arrest No. 13-98-AR
Beai Piosecuting Attoiney:
This office iepiesents Quinn Lonchiek-Reneham in the above iefeienceu
case. This coiiesponuence auuiesses uiscoveiy mateiials anu chaiges.
Pioceuuially we have a compliance heaiing next. Bowevei, I am willing to
continue heaiing so that we may uiscuss this case.
Impoitantly, I ask that you take some time when ieviewing the items in
this coiiesponuence. This case involves a uefenuant with a uebilitating
meuical conuition, along with law that is faiily new.
In this case, the uefenuant lawfully possesseu meuical maiijuana
puisuant a valiu iecommenuation fiom his uoctoi. The police, howevei,
weie unawaie of the new law. They insteau believeu his uoctoi's
iecommenuation was insufficient anu he neeueu a iegistiation caiu. They
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We weie able to get the booking viueo which shows, not only the police
the haiassing the uefenuant, but theii ignoiance about the law. !""
http:youtu.beASKKBWo47_g foi ielevant sections. The police saiu that
uefenuant's iecommenuation fiom his uoctoi uiu not qualify him to possess
meuical maiijuana. The police weie incoiiect. See Bepaitment of Bealth,
FAQ Regaiuing the Neuical 0se of Naiijuana in Nassachusetts, ("Aie
qualifying patients eligible foi maiijuana a while the piogiam is being
implementeu. Yes. Buiing the time BPB is implementing this piogiam, the
ballot measuie allows the wiitten iecommenuation of a qualifying patient's
physician to seive as a meuical maiijuana iegistiation caiu."), as seen on
http:www.mass.goveohhsuocsuphqualityuiugcontiolmeuical-
maiijuanameuical-maiijuana-faq.puf
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In any event please ieview the following anu contact me to uiscuss. You
may piefei calling, (41S) 268-6Suu.
Regaiuing uiscoveiy mateiials, we iespectfully iequest (1.) pieseivation
of the following mateiials, anu (2.) iequest an oppoitunity to view anu copy
these mateiials at the veiy eailiest possible convenience:
(1.) All viueocameia footage fiom the following locations:
a. fiom police ciuiseis; anu,
b. fiom Biookfielu Police Bepaitment, specifically the
booking viueo.
(2.) All auuio iecoiuings of communications between uispatch anu
police anu officeis (this incluues state police).
(S.) All auuio iecoiuings of any statements maue by Ni. Lonchiek-
Reneham.
(4.) All photogiaphs taken.
(S.) All hanuwiitten notes of any investigative officeis involveu
(incluuing state police).
(6.) All inteiuepaitmental memoianuum anu tiaining uocuments
iegaiuing maiijuana possession law anu meuical maiijuana law.
(7.) All tiaining uocuments anu mateiials iegaiuing the aiiesting
officei's knowleuge of maiijuana law, anu ielateu uepaitmental
polices anu pioceuuies.
(8.) All tiaining uocuments anu mateiials iegaiuing the aiiesting
officei's knowleuge of opeiating unuei the influence, anu ielateu
uepaitmental polices anu pioceuuies
(9.) All lab iepoits anu analysis, togethei with the chain of custouy
iepoits, of the testing uone on the maiijuana.
Regaiuing the chaiges, Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham has been chaigeu with
five counts: (1) opeiating unuei the influence of maiijuana, (2) negligent
opeiation of a motoi vehicle, (S) possession of ovei an ounce of maiijuana,
(4) intent to uistiibute a maiijuana, a class B uiug, anu (S) violating motoi
vehicle stanuaius.
Aftei uiscussing these chaiges with my client, all chaiges, except the
motoi vehicle chaige, Count S, he maintains his innocence. The motoi
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vehicle chaige was foi an expiieu vehicle inspection. Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham
has since got the vehicle inspecteu, but uoes not wish to contest this chaige.
The chaiges ielating to maiijuana possession, Counts S anu 4, shoulu be
uismisseu. Count S must be uismisseu as a mattei of law as he is a meuical
maiijuana patient, anu was in full compliance of the law
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anu ielateu
iegulations.
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Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham (a) possesseu the allowable amount, less than 1u
ounces. Also, Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham (b) piesenteu his iegistiation caiu to
law enfoicement officials who questioneu him iegaiuing the use of
maiijuana.
Regaiuing Count 4, intent to uistiibute a maiijuana, a class B uiug,
please also consiuei uismissing this chaige. Piosecuting this chaige woulu
likely iesult in a waste of iesouices anu, not succeeu.
The majoiity of police tiaining anu expeiience with maiijuana ielateu
objects aie as it ielates to ciiminal activities. In uiscussing this mattei with
Biookfielu's Chief of Police, Ni. Blanchaiu saiu they have not expeiienceu
many meuical maiijuana cases anu theie is not much guiuance about how to
ueal with the issue. Foi example, maiijuana cultivation tools usually suggest
to police ciiminal activity. The plant giowing objects in Ni. Lonchiek-
Reneham's cai, to most officeis, suggest ciiminal activity, e.g. uistiibution oi
cultivation. Touay, howevei, such objects may have lawful use. Qualifieu
patients, like Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham, may cultivate maiijuana foi meuical
use.
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The plant giowing objects in Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham's cai weie foi
lawful use. Be is a managei of a gaiuen facility in Bauley, NA, constantly
tianspoiting uiffeient plant giowing equipment anu he may legally cultivate
maiijuana. The lawful uses of the objects uo not help a chaige of intent to
uistiibute.
Also, maiijuana founu in his vehicle aie all consistent with peisonal use.
Be is alloweu to possess up to 1u ounces of maiijuana.
The chaige foi intent to uistiibute also falls shoit because the eviuence
uoes not suppoit the infeience of uistiibution oi uiug sales. Theie is no
packaging mateiials, scales, an attempt to avoiu appiehension, oi the such.

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Session Laws: Chaptei S69 of Acts of 2u12, An Act foi the Bumanitaiian
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1uS CNR 72S.uuu, Implementation of an Act foi the Bumanitaiian Neuical
Naiijuana. Bepaitment of Bealth. (http:ow.lys7mSu)
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1uS CNR 72S.uuu, Implementation of an Act foi the Bumanitaiian Neuical
Naiijuana. Bepaitment of Bealth. (http:ow.lys7mSu)

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The amount of money Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham possesseu, $244, also is not
stiong inuicia of intent to uistiibute. The 1S mail slips aie fiom his
ioommate's online business. Anu, his business caiu was maue in
anticipation of being a peisonal caiegivei. Bowevei, aftei the iegulations
anu law came out, he was infoimeu that the business iuea to be a peisonal
caiegivei foi multiple patients is not viable unuei the law.
Regaiuing Counts 1 anu 2, my client was not unuei the influence of
maiijuana while opeiating his motoi vehicle, noi acteu negligently. We
iequest these chaiges be uismisseu.
It seems, aftei ieauing the police iepoit, that the officei chaigeu Ni.
Lonchiek-Reneham with 00I-Biugs uue to the smell of maiijuana anu Ni.
Lonchiek-Reneham's eyes being "closeu" anu "glassy."
Bowevei, iegaiuing the smell, the smell was of iaw- maiijuana, not
buint maiijuana. Case-law, as you know, uiffeientiates the two. The ouoi of
iaw maiijuana inuicates possession, not ingestion. Regaiuing his eyes, Ni.
Lonchiek-Reneham was on his way home fiom woik wheie he using haish
chemicals which agitateu his eyes. Bis employei is willing to testify to the
those facts, as his employei was piesent uuiing the use of the chemicals.
Also, it's not tiue that maiijuana causes ieuness in the eyes of eveiyone who
smokes. The police officei nevei met Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham, uoes not know
his noimal conuition noi askeu. Bowevei, if you wish to puisue this, I woulu
appieciate the officei's uiug iecognition tiaining in auuition to the above
mentioneu uiscoveiy.
Fuithei, Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham actions show that he acteu piuuently
anu ieasonably, not negligently oi unuei the influence of a uiug. The police
officei who stoppeu Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham was tailgating Ni. Lonchiek-
Reneham. Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham pulleu his cai ovei so the police officei
coulu pass. Latei on, the police officei ultimately stoppeu Ni. Lonchiek-
Reneham, but not foi sweaiing oi uiiving stiangely, but foi an expiieu
inspection stickei.
Fuithei, the fielu sobiiety tests aie inaumissible as they have no
eviuentiaiy value anu aie piejuuicial. Refeiences to sobiiety tests aie
iiielevant anu immateiial to piove the matteis at issue in this case, the
allegeu uiiving unuei the influence of maiijuana by the uefenuant, anu aie
thus appiopiiately piecluueu. I intenu to file a motion in limine on this
mattei.
Theie is no eviuence that the fielu sobiiety tests, which may be
appiopiiate foi ueteimining whethei an inuiviuual is unuei the influence of
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alcohol, aie applicable to inuiviuuals who aie suspecteu of being unuei the
influence of maiijuana.
The fielu sobiiety tests employeu by the officei in the instant mattei
weie a piouuct of a stuuy by the 0niteu States Bepaitment of
TianspoitationNational Bighway Tiaffic Safety Auministiation (NBTSA).
These stuuies weie conuucteu foi the puiposes of uetecting alcohol
intoxication only. Empiiical uata was gatheieu on passagefailuie iates uue
to alcohol intoxication only.
Without any establisheu scientific acceptance of empiiical uata
coiielating the failuie oi passage iates of fielu sobiiety tests foi peisons
intoxicateu with maiijuana, the tests aie of no eviuentiaiy value.
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The fielu
sobiiety tests will also misleau the juiy, anu is thus piopeily excluueu
puisuant to Coue. Eviu. 4uS.
The inuicia of maiijuana intoxication uo not pioviue sufficient eviuence
to maintain a guilt beyonu a ieasonable uoubt.
All in all, in my investigation of this case, I finu Ni. Lonchiek-Reneham a
iespectable law abiuing peison. Be was acting unuei the coloi of law anu
shoulu not be punisheu foi police ignoiance.
When you get a moment, please contact me to uiscuss the status of this
case: (41S) 268-6Suu (ext. 11u). Thank you foi youi time.

Coiuially,


Naivin Cable, Esq.



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