FtwTxSooner
9/30/2011, 12:14 PM
Two ounces of cocaine equals 36-year prison sentence for FW man
JOHNSON COUNTY _ A 22-year-old Fort Worth man was sentenced to 36 years in prison Wednesday for possessing 55 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
Because he had no prior criminal history, Jose Antonio Segovia Jr. had been probation eligible when he plead guilty Tuesday to the first-degree felony charge and placed the fate of his sentence in the hands of a Johnson County jury.
"Two ounces – that’s a large amount for Johnson County and the jury delivered quite a harsh sentence," said District Attorney Dale Hanna.
Segovia had been arrested during a traffic stop in February by members of the Stop The Offenders Program special crimes unit. The cocaine bust marked the largest made this year in Johnson County, officials said.
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_time/2011/09/two-ounces-of-cocaine-equals-36-year-prison-sentence-for-fw-man.html
There has to be much more to this story, otherwise this is just completely insane.
JOHNSON COUNTY _ A 22-year-old Fort Worth man was sentenced to 36 years in prison Wednesday for possessing 55 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
Because he had no prior criminal history, Jose Antonio Segovia Jr. had been probation eligible when he plead guilty Tuesday to the first-degree felony charge and placed the fate of his sentence in the hands of a Johnson County jury.
"Two ounces – that’s a large amount for Johnson County and the jury delivered quite a harsh sentence," said District Attorney Dale Hanna.
Segovia had been arrested during a traffic stop in February by members of the Stop The Offenders Program special crimes unit. The cocaine bust marked the largest made this year in Johnson County, officials said.
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_time/2011/09/two-ounces-of-cocaine-equals-36-year-prison-sentence-for-fw-man.html
There has to be much more to this story, otherwise this is just completely insane.