TrailBlazers' guard faces drug charges
Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A judge will decide the constitutionality
of an airport search that resulted in marijuana possession
charges against basketball player Damon Stoudamire.
Pima County Justice Court Judge Paul Simon took the matter
under advisement Tuesday after hearing arguments from
prosecutors and attorneys representing the Portland Trail
Blazers guard.
Attorneys Steve Houze and Michael Piccarreta challenged the
legality of the search, contending that officers did not read
Stoudamire his rights before questioning him and that there
was no warrant when authorities opened a tinfoil package
containing marijuana. They want the judge to suppress the
evidence, which likely would lead to dismissal of charges.
But assistant county attorney Elizabeth Hurley told the judge
no warrant was necessary because the search occurred in an
airport. Stoudamire was stopped July 3 at Tucson International
Airport as he was about to board a flight to New Orleans after
setting off a metal detector.
Authorities contend that Stoudamire had rolling papers in his
possession as well as about a half-ounce of marijuana.
Stoudamire, who was in Tucson attending summer school at the
University of Arizona, which he left in 1995 without graduating,
was charged with misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana
and possession of drug paraphernalia. He pleaded not guilty.
A county attorney's official has said Stoudamire could receive
unsupervised probation and up to a $2,500 fine if convicted,
but that similar charges usually bring a fine of about $200.
On Oct. 1, the Trail Blazers reinstated Stoudamire after he
had served nearly a three-month suspension related to his arrest.
Stoudamire said he would donate $100,000 to an early childhood
program in the Portland area and the team said he would not
have to pay a $250,000 fine. Stoudamire also said recently
that he had entered a drug treatment program voluntarily and
had been clean for 90 days.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1638124
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