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Date: May 22nd, 2014 6:22 PM Author: hilarious cerebral hall
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/25583272/teen-could-face-life-after-cops-find-pot-brownies
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — A 19-year-old Texas man accused of making and selling brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil faces a felony charge that carries a punishment of anywhere from five years to life in prison.
According to Round Rock police, officers found 1.5 pounds of brownies, along with a pound of marijuana, digital scales, $1,675 in cash and dozens of baggies with marijuana and hash oil at Jacob Lavoro's apartment last month. Police were responding to a complaint about marijuana use.
Lavoro was arrested but is out of jail on a $30,000 surety bond.
His father, Joe Lavoro, said he was shocked at how much prison time his son could face.
"It's outrageous, it's crazy! I don't understand it," the father told Austin TV station KEYE.
"Five years to life?" he continued. "I'm sorry, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a Vietnam veteran, but ... this is wrong!"
However, the prosecutor who is handling noted that sentences can vary depending on aggravating factors and other considerations, and that a plea deal is always possible.
"First-time offenders are treated differently. As far as I know, he is a first offender," Williamson County prosecutor Travis McDonald told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
McDonald noted that possessing 4 grams of hash oil is enough for a first-degree felony charge. According to an affidavit filed with the court, Jacob Lavoro had 145 grams of hash oil, in addition to the brownies.
Hash oil is a controlled substance that carries much harsher state penalties than marijuana. The oil has higher concentrations of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana. It's in a penalty group with amphetamines and ecstasy.
Also, because Lavoro used hash oil, prosecutors can aggregate the weight of the brownies and charge him with manufacturing and distribution of 1.5 pounds of that category of controlled substances, McDonald said.
That means, for example, that "if you dissolve cocaine into a coke, technically you could charge him with the weight of the coke," McDonald said. However, he added, "I don't think I would."
Lavoro's lawyer, Jack Holmes, told KEYE the first-degree offense should be changed to a misdemeanor. Calls the AP made to his office Tuesday went unanswered.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611579)
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 6:24 PM Author: Ocher psychic faggotry
Reptiles never not in favor of different rules for themselves.
"Five years to life?" he continued. "I'm sorry, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a Vietnam veteran, but ... this is wrong!"
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:12 PM Author: awkward filthpig
Idris Elba smugly offers ten years for a plea instead of rolling the dice.
10 years plea now. However if you engage in discovery to figure out the warrant was actually based on an illegal NSA email tap, then the deal doubles to 20 years.
If you have the fucking nerve wasting the state's time at trial, 40 years if you are convicted.
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:29 PM Author: bipolar bbw parlour
lol
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DefBros thinking they have a fucking choice.
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:32 PM Author: Pontificating prole kitty
if you're going nitpick, at least be correct.
it's a clear majority (58%), not a plurality, nationwide.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/165539/first-time-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana.aspx
and it's a vast majority in many states where legalization will not happen for a long long time, including many liberal states, such as New York.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2574074&forum_id=2#25611917)
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:19 PM Author: aqua forum
kind of agree, although 5 yeas is a long time
but man, you know that pot is illegal, and you got busted with a fucking pound plus 145 grams of hash oil, which is a fucking shitload.
if first charge, I bet he'll do 6 mos or so and get diversion, as the prosecutor suggests.
however, I know a dude in texas who was on probation for having an ounce of pot, got busted with 2 addies that he didn't have a script for, and got 2 years
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:21 PM Author: Confused mind-boggling striped hyena
seen this posted several times. don't get the hysteria.
he was dealing in enough weight to merit a first degree felony charge. a first degree felony *can* carry a penalty of life in prison. as a first time offender he won't get the maximum penalty, and the DA might be willing to plead down to a misdemeanor for all we know.
pot brownies = life sentence in texas is deliberately misleading HuffPo clickbait garbage as per usual.
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:49 PM Author: aqua forum
brother let me put you on to game: judges have very little discetion when it comes to the federal sentencing guidelines, so it doesn't matter if he's balck or white.
if he was charged with possessing over 500 grams of (powder) cocaine with the intent to distribute (1 pound plus 145 grams is over 500 grams) that's a level 26 offense. he'll do 63-78 months come hell or high water, white or black
don't know why the fuck youre so pissed, or why you think race matters when it comes to half a key. fyi this is a law message board, and when it comes to things like criminal
sentencing practices, some people actually know what the fuck theyre talking about
edit: if your point was that this kid wont get the opportunity to snitch and get no time if they get a prosecutable arrest, youre equally retarded
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 7:59 PM Author: aqua forum
you said if it was coke, he'd get a deal.
if it was 500 grams of coke, the federal government would almost certainly assert jurisdiction. I learned that from clerking. are you saying you knew guys who got busted with half a key where the federal government didn't assert jurisdiction? at that point, if charged, you don't get diversion. you get a mandatory minimum of 5 years
"I have seen it happen to three kids from Westchester county." are you saying you know 3 kids who got caught with half a key and they didn't get charged at all because they snitched? are they in fucking witness protection?
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Date: May 22nd, 2014 8:32 PM Author: bipolar bbw parlour
"pot brownies = life sentence in texas is deliberately misleading HuffPo clickbait garbage as per usual. "
(Bro who can read)
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