The Benefit of The Colorado Deferred Judgment And Sentence. The direct benefit of the deferred judgment is certainty. The DA no longer has control over your life â the judge and the jury lose control over your future. You are in control and a dismissal of the charges is a very tempting goal.
Six months of legal retail marijuana sales have generated $21.8 million in tax revenue plus another $10.1 million in taxes on medical marijuana in that time period (see Table 1). [6] For the new fiscal year that began July 1, 2014, state analysts project $30.6 million in revenue.
Total marijuana tax revenues are now expected to climb to $94 million annually by 2016, according to the latest projections. This would equate to a $1 billion dollar retail market. The revenue figures are high enough that Colorado now finds itself in the enviable situation of having to figure out what to do with all that money.