Caymanian Attorney Patrick Gregory Schmid made a brief appearance before the Summary Court last week where a retrial date was set for drug possession and importation charges against him.
Schmid was convicted in April 2007 of importation and possession of .0085 of a gram of cocaine salt and .134 of a gram of methamphetamine, but the convictions were quashed by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal just four months later.
Court of Appeal Judge Priya Levers ruled at the time that the convictions were unsafe and unsatisfactory and ordered a retrial.
Schmidt appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Ramsay-Hale during Tuesday’s mention hearing, having returned from Australia, where he is working as an attorney.
The Chief-Magistrate set the trial down for the 6th, 7th and 8th of April and extended Schmid’s bail until that time.
Schmidt was represented by Attorney Graham Hampson during the appearance, although English QC Trevor Burke will lead the defence case in Schmid’s April trial, assisted by Mr. Hampson.
The charges relate to allegation Schmidt was found with small quantities of cocaine salt and methamphetamine when he arrived at the Owen Roberts Airport on a flight from Miami on 31 July, 2006. In his first trial, Schmid did not deny possession of the drugs but said he had no knowledge of them.
Schmid is a former chairman of the National Drug Council and Cayman Against Substance Abuse.
Schmid was deputy chairman of the Immigration Board for two years and also served on the Immigration Review Task Force, the Labour Appeals Tribunal, the Development Advisory Board, the Planning Appeals Tribunal, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and various scholarship committees.
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