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Dave Toplikar | Las Vegas Sun | June 22, 2011
As protesters stood with large signs on the street corner outside, six defendants and their attorneys crowded inside a Las Vegas courtroom today to begin what could be a lengthy court battle over Nevada's medical marijuana law.
Were hoping it shines light on the law thats broken and hopefully we can fix it, said Sean Kinshella outside the Clark County Regional Justice Center at the corner of Third Street and Lewis Avenue.
Kinshella, 29, is one of six defendants charged with multiple felony counts of breaking a state law regulating the way medical marijuana may be obtained in Nevada by allegedly operating a business that sold it for about three months.
The others are Daniel Kinshella, 50; Christine Kinshella, 24; Kimberly Simons, 26; Jesse Moffett, 33, and Ryan Bondhus, 27.
They were indicted by a grand jury on May 20 for 16 felony counts that included sale of marijuana, conspiracy to sell marijuana, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and maintaining a place for sale of a controlled substance.
They each pleaded not guilty today during their arraignment before District Judge Douglas Smith.
Smith said he wanted to be cautious "and not storm through" the case because it was the first time for the law to be dealt with in district court. The judge noted that all of the defendants are out of custody on bail.
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