OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST ORDERED TO TRIAL ON DRUG-DEALING CHARGES

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Olympic gold medalist Justin Huish was ordered
to stand trial on drug charges after a detective testified that he was
operating a large-scale marijuana-dealing business out of his home.

Along with two packages of pot, $23,000 in cash, a supply of baggies and
expensive scales, police Detective Blair Summey testified Wednesday that
investigators found ledgers detailing sales.

"They indicated to me a large and robust business was being conducted,"
Summey said.

Superior Court Judge Glen Reiser ordered Huish to stand trial on charges of
possession of marijuana for sale, sale of marijuana and a special
allegation of being armed during the commission of the offense. He will be
arraigned Sept. 14.

Huish, 25, faces up to five years, eight months in prison if convicted,
Deputy District Attorney Chris Harmon said.

Huish won two gold medals for archery during the 1996 Summer Games in
Atlanta. His legal problems led him to resign from his spot on the U.S.
Olympic Archery team earlier this year.

On Feb. 15, Summey and other detectives were outside Huish's home waiting
to serve a search warrant when they stopped a man leaving the home and
found he'd just purchased marijuana, the detective said.

The buyer was a caregiver for an AIDS patient, who was using pot for
treatment purposes under guidelines in Proposition 215, the voter-approved
medical marijuana initiative.

Huish attorney Robert Sanger tried to argue the sale was legal under the
proposition, but the judge said questioning on the issue was irrelevant.

"I don't think a mercy sale is a defense," Reiser said.