Lawyer inve

By Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter
dangelo@nsnews.comt

A North Vancouver
lawyer charged with
possessing marijuana
was scheduled to picad
guilty and be sentenced
on Wednesday, but the

case was adjourned to
February.

Delmar Bernard Sokol, 50,
was) charged after North
Vancouver Mounties allegedly
found pot plants growing in
the lawyer's Upper Delbrook
home 10 months ago.

Police were called to the
lawver’s home in the 600-

Wiock of Silverdale after a
break-in report. Two suspeets
were arrested. Police say they
found a hydroponic marijuana
cultivation set-up in the base-
ment.

On Wednesday in North
Vancouver provincial court,
Sokol’s lawyer David Crossin
said the “matter is before a
professional body.”

Crossin asked tor the case
to be adjourned until the pro-
fessional body had finished its
work,

B.C. Law Society's acting
deputy secretary ean
Whittow said a complaint file
has been opened regarding
Sokol, but no hearing has
been held.

Most professional organi-

Sunday, November 2, 1997 — North Shore News — 13

tigated in marijuana case

gations wait until court cases
are completed betore launch-
ing investigations or hearings.

Whittow said that it is
more common fora charge to
be concluded before the Law
Society becomes involved, but
it is Not a requirement.

She said it depends on the
case.

Sokol’s case was adjourned

to Feb. + for sentencing.
Sokol has nor yer formally
entered a plea to the charge.

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