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.
For the first time, the state Department of Revenue on Monday offered public estimates of how much money all those taxes on retail pot sales, set to begin in July 2018, might bring in. Advertisement According to rough estimates, taxes on recreational marijuana could generate about $65 million in revenue in the first year of sales and about $130 million in the second. Thatâs a significant sum. And the state pot tax alone would more than cover the expected costs of regulating the industry.