YUBA COUNTY DA TO DECIDE IF PROSECUTORS SHOULD RETRY CASE AGAINST SELF-PROCLAIMED RASTAFARIAN CHURCH LEADER Appeal-Democrat After two and a half days of deliberation, a Yuba County jury could not agree on a verdict in the marijuana conspiracy case against a...
RASTAFARIAN CHURCH LEADER COULD FACE PRISON TERM Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 15, 2019 Jurors are now deliberating two felony conspiracy charges against Rastafarian church leader Heidi Lepp. After hearing closing arguments from the prosecution and...
TRIAL OF RASTAFARIAN CHURCH LEADER CONTINUES; ARRESTED AFTER FOOTHILLS Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 13, 2019 Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday against a Rastafarian church leader and the defense called an expert in medical marijuana. After two...
TRIAL OF SELF-PROCLAIMED RASTAFARIAN REVEREND BEGINS; ARRESTED AFTER FOOTHILL POT GROW SHOOTING Appeal-Democrat by Rachel Rosenbaum, February 6, 2019 Yuba County prosecutors want jurors to believe that Heidi Lepp’s Rastafarian church was a scam. The defense wants them...