1/11/13 - An attorney is continuing his fight to represent two women accused of illegally selling synthetic marijuana in Genoa Township and asking the Michigan Court of Appeals to reverse recent decisions in the case. Defense attorney Timothy Corr had asked Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Michael Hatty to overturn a November ruling by 53rd District Court Judge Suzanne Geddis, which deemed it would be a conflict of interest for him to represent both clients - the owner of Smokers Depot, 41-year-old Ronda Lee Roszak as well as the storeâs manager, 27-year-old Melissa Ann Dzierwa. Geddis made the ruling after the Livingston County Prosecutorâs Office said it planned to offer a plea deal to one of the two suspects. Judge Hatty denied the motion to appeal and found a conflict exists, so Corr tells WHMI he now intends to file with the Michigan Court of Appeals. Corr says both women have already consulted with separate attorneys and have no plans to accept any plea deal and none has been formally offered. They maintain that the material which State Police confiscated during a raid last April had been purchased at a trade show along with a lab report indicating it did not contain any illegal chemicals. In the meantime, their preliminary exam is on hold. (JM)
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