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The singer Anita O'Day serves 90 days for marijuana

Police searched the North Hollywood home of the jazz singer Anita O'Day and her husband Carl Hoff and found marijuana and rolling papers. Both were convicted of possession, lost their appeals and served 90 days in jail. She was arrested for marijuana again in 1952 and found not guilty.[1][2]

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References

  1. Indiana Public Media, Night Lights — The swingin' Jezebel, Anita O'Day in the 1940sarchived
  2. Fresh Sound Records — Anita O'Dayarchived

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