Blackburn was best known for his work unraveling a massive drug sting in the tiny West...
Jeff Blackburn, center, Chief Counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas speaks at a press conference for Anna Vasquez, Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, and Kristie Mayhugh, known as the SA 4, in the Tower Life Building. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. at left is lawyer Keith S. Hampton, at right is lawyer Mike Ware, and Debbie Nathan of the National Center of Reason and Justice.
As her defense lawyer, Blackburn decided to contest the validity of the search. During a hearing, he put the trooper on the witness stand and challenged him to identify various seeds, including a marijuana seed and a peppercorn. The trooper couldn’t tell the difference and a judge dismissed the case.
He made a name for himself representing clients in civil lawsuits, from whistleblowers to people facing wrongful termination from their jobs. One involved a bus driver. He was the first Texas lawyer to get a jury to acquit someone of marijuana possession using a ‘medical necessity’ defense.
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