Even if Fairfax County or Arlington County marijuana defendant anticipates that the prosecutor will move for marijuana dismissal, the defendant still should appear with qualified lawyer for his or her trial date. One case in point is that on the first court date for new Fairfax County chief prosecutor Steve Descano, General District Court Judge Mark C. Simmons declined automatically to dismiss all marijuana cases after the deputy chief commonwealth’s attorney requested it, versus treating each matter case by case. No decision has yet been made yet by his office on how to deal with hash oil possession, which is Class felony. If the prosecution is seeking marijuana dismissal, that means the prosecutor is not seeking jail time. Katz pursues
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