In a recent case, evolving out of Oregon’s Medical Marijuana Law, a defendant’s property was inspected and a quantity of marijuana/pot plants growing on the property was seized.   The grower, who was licensed under Oregon’s Medical Marijuana Law was arrested and his property searched because his crop exceeded the quantity authorized by the statute.

While the case was pending, the property owner filed a motion to have the seized marijuana distributed to the landowner’s card holding customers.  The trial court granted the application and had the marijuana distributed to the licensed patients. 

The case was taken on appeal.  There the court determined that the issue was moot because the marijuana had already been distributed to the licensed card holders and there was no reasonable waY to retrieve it.