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S-19-0802, S-19-0803 State of Nebraska (Appellant) v. Deborah Archer, Corey Russell
Washington County District Court, Judge J. John Samson
Attorneys: M. Scott Vander Schaaf (Washington County Attorney’s Office, for Appellant) – Mallory N. Hughes (Dornan, Troia, Howard, Breitkreutz & Conway, PC LLO, for Appellees)
Criminal: Plea in abatement; “CBD” as controlled substance
Proceedings below: The district court accepted Appellees’ plea in abatement on July 26, 2019 and entered an order of dismissal without prejudice on the same day.
Issues: Whether the district court erred in dismissing the charges at the preliminary hearing stage when it entered its order finding in favor of the Appellees’ plea in abatement and in failing to find the Appellees’ possession and sales of “CBD” oil a schedule I controlled substance contrary to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-405(c)(25).