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Judge takes under-advisement guilt or innocence in marijuana distribution case

Once again, District Judge Trish Rose took under advisement whether a Hutchinson man is guilty of charges associated with the distribution of marijuana.

She has earlier denied the defense request to suppress evidence seized in the case against a 30-year-old Thomas Delvalle.

He is accused of having over 13-pounds of marijuana in his home in brick form that officials say was a distribution amount.

They held a brief trial late Monday on stipulated facts, and Judge Rose took any decision on guilt under advisement. According to Deputy District Attorney Tom Stanton, she did not give any time line when she might reach a decision, only that the defendant and the attorney’s would be called back to court once she has made her decision.

Charges against Delvalle include possession of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package for distribution, and no drug tax stamp. This after a search of his home at 3321 Farmington back on March 25 of last year.

Delvalle does have a previous conviction for having a distribution quantity of marijuana in a case that goes back in 2006, around 7 or 8 pounds.

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