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texas teen faces life in prison for hash brownies
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shart_attack
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Hopefully the publicity for this case will make Texas take a hard look at that law.
Bet it won't happen.
Football season is comin' up, you know.
Lonestar_logic
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Dylan Stableford, Yahoo NewsA Texas teenager is facing five years to life in prison for allegedly baking and selling pot brownies.
Jacob Lavoro, a 19-year-old from Round Rock, Texas, was charged with a first degree felony because he used hash oil instead of marijuana, allowing the state to weigh the brownies as a whole including the sugar, cocoa, butter and other ingredients to calculate the weight of the drugs.
Police searched Lavoro's apartment, where they allegedly found 660 grams or 1.45 pounds of baked goods (six bags of cookies, nine bags of brownies) along with 16 ounces of marijuana and $1,675 in cash.
"Ive been doing this 22 years as a lawyer and Ive got 10 years as a police officer and Ive never seen anything like this before, Jack Holmes, Lavoros attorney, told KHON-TV. Theyve weighed baked goods in this case. It ought to be a misdemeanor."
Hash oil, classified as a "Penalty 2" controlled substance under Texas law, contains a higher concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
The teen's father, Joe Lavoro, called the possibility of his son spending life behind bars for a hash brownie recipe outrageous."
"Five years to life? I'm sorry, I'm a law abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a Vietnam veteran, but I'll be damned," Lavoro said. "This is illogical. I'm really upset, and I'm frightened, I'm frightened for my son."
Lavoro was arrested on April 15 and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of the illegal hash oil and sale of the hash-infused cookies and brownies. He was held in Williamson County Jail and released on May 7 on a $30,000 bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 19.
Its crazy," Lavoro told KEYE. "I dont understand it."
Neither do pot advocates, who say the possible punishment doesn't fit the crime.
"That's higher than the punishment range for sexual assault, higher than the punishment range for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon," Jamie Spencer, legal counsel for NORML's Texas chapter, told KUTV. "It's kind of crazy."
"This case is the perfect example of the insanity of Texas' drug laws," Spencer added. "Especially when it comes to marijuana or anything where the active ingredient is THC."
Teen faces life in prison over hash brownies
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
I seriously doubt he'll be sentenced to much, maybe he'll be in a few months once it's all said and done.
Let this be a lesson though, check your states laws fine print before doing something stupid like this.
Let this be a lesson though, check your states laws fine print before doing something stupid like this.
It should happen to all druggies! In all the nonsense coming out of the courts this is the first good decision in years.
Someone who makes marijuana brownies should get a harsher sentence than a rapist?
A rapist might be rehabilitated. Not so with drug addicts. How many people could his brownies have poisoned?
Amelia
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It should happen to all druggies! In all the nonsense coming out of the courts this is the first good decision in years.
Someone who makes marijuana brownies should get a harsher sentence than a rapist?
A rapist might be rehabilitated. Not so with drug addicts. How many people could his brownies have poisoned?
He isn't being charged with poisoning anybody. If the people who bought the brownies use them to poison anybody, then new charges would surely be filed.
Buh bye.
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And yet one more reason why I'd never live in that hell hole. Never understood why so many conservatives get such a boner over Texas. The place is an authoritarian nightmare. They claim to love small government yet support all of these insane heavy handed laws that ruin people's lives over minor issues.
The nitwit kid was busted in Williamson county.
Which is one of the toughest law and order counties in the state of Texas.
The citizens there like it that way.
And the criminals generally avoid the place. .
Which is one of the toughest law and order counties in the state of Texas.
The citizens there like it that way.
And the criminals generally avoid the place. .
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I can make some amazing hash brownies
Don't share with katzenIdiot. He/she/it is pretending to be an attorney right now and would fry your ass.
Next week, he/he/it will be back to being a doctor or a dog groomer but I still wouldn't share with him/her/it.
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Five years to life.
A good scare is a good thing
That's not a scare. That's an end to his life for next to no crime at all.
Texasss - what a sorry excuse for a state.
Here, here!Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
God bless you always!!!
Holly
Texas is the best state in the union.
Break the law......go to prison.....murder someone......get the death penalty. ...
Break the law......go to prison.....murder someone......get the death penalty. ...
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