11/29/12 - The attorney representing two women charged with selling synthetic marijuana says he plans to appeal a judgeâs ruling that he has a conflict of interest in the case. That was the ruling last week from 53rd District Court Judge Suzanne Geddis in the case against 41-year-old Ronda Roszak, who owns Smokers Depot on Lawson Drive in Genoa Township. Also charged in the case is the storeâs manager, 27-year-old Melissa Ann Dzierwa of Fowlerville. Both women face a count of delivering or manufacturing a non-narcotic controlled substance. Defense attorney Timothy Corr maintains the company that sold the product to his clients at a tobacco trade show provided a lab test report to them stating that there were no illegal chemicals in it. Corr represents both women, but last week Geddis granted a motion by prosecutors indicating that Corr would have a conflict of interest when they offered a plea deal to one of the women but not the other. Corr says there is no conflict of interest since prosecutors have not yet offered a plea deal and, even if they did, neither woman is interested in taking it. He says Geddis also granted a motion to hold off on further proceedings to allow him to appeal the decision to the circuit court. He plans to file that action next week. (TD)
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