Judge Upholds Guilt Of Pair in Pot Trial

Boston's celebrated "marijuana trial" ended yesterday in failure for those who advocate legalization of the leafy hallucinogen.

In declining to overturn the convictions of two men who had been arrested attempting to pick up a trunk full of marijuana last summer, Superior Court Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro declared, "In my opinion a proper inference may be draw from the evidence that there is a relationship between the use of marijuana and the incidence of crime and antisocial behavior.

Tauro agreed that "marijuana does not cause physical addiction as does heroin or other hard narcotics," but said "there was ample and compelling testimony that its use causes psychological dependence."

Joseph Oteri, counsel for defendants Ivan Weiss and Joseph D. Leis, said he would appeal the decision to Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.