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Like father, like son Stoudamire, father charged with felony drug possessionPosted: Friday May 10, 2002 1:10 AMOREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) -- Portland Trail Blazers guard Damon Stoudamire and his father face felony marijuana possession charges while a grand jury considers whether to indict them. There have been no arrests in the case but two "district attorney's information" notices were filed Thursday in Clackamas County Circuit Court, saying Damon Stoudamire and his father, Willie Stoudamire, both "did unlawfully and knowingly possess marijuana." "Ultimately, the grand jury will have to make the decision on an indictment," said Greg Horner, chief deputy district attorney for Clackamas County. Stoudamire and his father appeared in court briefly Thursday for an arraignment but Judge John Lowe rescheduled the hearing for Tuesday to give defense attorneys and prosecutors time to review an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling just handed down in a similar case. In the similar but unrelated case, the court ruled that a warrantless search of a house with an open door was illegal. In the Stoudamire case, police were responding to a burglar alarm Feb. 23 at Stoudamire's home in Lake Oswego, a wealthy suburb south of Portland, when they found a door ajar and called for backup. Two officers entered the house and found no one inside, but discovered about a pound of marijuana. Stoudamire's lawyers noted that no search warrant had been issued for his house. "That's an important enough matter to be considered very carefully," said Stephen Houze, a lawyer for Damon Stoudamire. Horner called the appeals court ruling in the unrelated case "a bizarre coincidence" but prosecutors also consider it an important factor in determining how to proceed. "It's still pending before the grand jury but we have some decisions to make," Horner said. The Stoudamires did not speak to reporters and the Trail Blazers referred all questions to Houze. The "district attorney's information" notice to Damon Stoudamire alleging marijuana possession did not list an amount while the notice to his father listed "150 or more grams of marijuana." The marijuana found at Stoudamire's home was confiscated but police did not tell Stoudamire about the incident until about two weeks later.
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