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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.
Midtowner
9/30/2011, 12:26 PM
Was it two ounces or 55 ounces?
JohnnyMack
9/30/2011, 12:29 PM
Two ounces is about 55 grams, no?
TUSooner
9/30/2011, 12:31 PM
I don't think I would have let a Texas jury sentence me, especially near DFW if my name was Jose Antonio....
FtwTxSooner
9/30/2011, 12:40 PM
Actually a bit less than 2 ounces, 55 grams = 1.94006791 ounces.
sappstuf
9/30/2011, 12:44 PM
Actually a bit less than 2 ounces, 55 grams = 1.94006791 ounces.

He was lucky then. He could have gotten the death penalty for 2 ounces....
Midtowner
9/30/2011, 12:49 PM
Two ounces is about 55 grams, no?

Didn't catch that on the first read.

Two ounces isn't a huge amount and that sentence is definitely not just. It would matter to me whether the state had evidence that he had actual intent to distribute rather than simply presuming that from the quantity. That can usually be ascertained from the packaging, presentation, etc.
Serge Ibaka
10/1/2011, 04:03 PM
Holy F***.

I'm sure that that's a cost-effective penalty for Texas tax payers.

Can we stop this whole "War on Drugs" business? Do rapists even get 36 years?
East Coast Bias
10/2/2011, 03:55 PM
I know this is coming out of Texas, but where is the outcry from the citizenry?
MR2-Sooner86
10/2/2011, 09:09 PM
I know this is coming out of Texas, but where is the outcry from the citizenry?

If Texas "conservatives" are anything like the ones on this board, probably worse, then they're probably upset he didn't get the death penalty.
sappstuf
10/3/2011, 06:41 AM
I know this is coming out of Texas, but where is the outcry from the citizenry?

The citizenry was on the jury...