Sacramento - Robert and Shawna Whiteaker - patient couple involved in Prop. 215 cultivation case that was turned over to the US attorney by the Sacramento DA's office after they charged that search warrants were falsified by a sheriff's deputy. Attorneys allege US prosecutors improperly withheld information to force the case into federal court. Shawna got misdemeanor probation; Robert sentenced to 18 months, Nov 2004.