GILLIES v. CIVIL SERVICE BD.

Docket No. 18063.

99 Cal.App.3d 417 (1979)

160 Cal. Rptr. 218

ROBERT I. GILLIES, JR., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James V. de la Vergne and Thomas H. Edwards for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James P. Jackson, City Attorney, and Elizabeth Hassard Silver, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

PARAS, J.

During an investigation of marijuana use by Sacramento city police officers in the spring of 1976, Officer Robert I. Gillies, Jr., admitted he smoked marijuana four or five times a month at social functions while off duty. When asked his intentions as to future use, Gillies said "I don't intend to stop. I prefer it to drinking."1 Gillies was terminated from the police department as of...

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