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Old 01-28-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Granny gets 3 years
Pot-Running Arizona Granny Gets 3 Years



SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) - A 62-year-old grandmother who prosecutors said ran drugs to support her bingo habit has been sentenced to three years in prison and a $150,000 fine. Acting on a tip, state police stopped Leticia Villareal Garcia near Bisbee in southeast Arizona in February 2005 and found 214 pounds of marijuana stuffed into the trunk of her car.

Garcia has maintained her innocence, telling the judge at her sentencing Friday that she was unaware of the grass as she headed for a bingo game.

"I never, never had any knowledge of that car being loaded when I went to Tucson," the Bisbee resident told Cochise County Superior Court Judge Wallace Hoggatt.

Garcia testified at her trial in November that her son's godfather had borrowed her car the day before. Her lawyer, Robert Zohlmann, said she had been used as a "blind mule" to unknowingly haul drugs.

Garcia said she often played bingo, occasionally winning several thousand dollars at a sitting, although her only regular income was a $275 monthly welfare check she received for caring for a granddaughter.

"The underlying issue is that she's got a bingo problem, which explains why an otherwise nice person might get sucked into something like this," prosecutor Doyle Johnstun told the jury.

Garcia faced as much as 12 1/2 years in prison, but Johnstun asked for just four years, agreeing with her lawyer that her age and lack of a record called for the lesser sentence.
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Bingo....the root of all evil!
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that's funny! She'll know better next time!
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Re: Granny gets 3 years
They should just legalize this stuff everywhere ... then stuff like this wouldn't happen.

Wow 214 pounds??? It seems like she'd notice. But no one ever pleads guilty anymore... why be honest when you can take the chance of getting out of the charges on some technicality or far-fetched story that implants *just enough* reasonable doubt.

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They should just legalize this stuff everywhere ... then stuff like this wouldn't happen.

Wow 214 pounds??? It seems like she'd notice. But no one ever pleads guilty anymore... why be honest when you can take the chance of getting out of the charges on some technicality or far-fetched story that implants *just enough* reasonable doubt.
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Re: Granny gets 3 years
She could have been used as a Mule. I wouldn't check the trunk of my car before going to a bingo game. It could be very possible that her Godson knew this and was using her to transport the stuff. When she got to the Bingo hall he could have given a key to the people over there and they could take it out while she was playing. You never Know .
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Marijuana should not be legalized. It should be decriminalized, but definitely not legalized.
You know they just decriminalized it in Mississippi a few months ago. (Or the law went into effect a few months ago). I should have said decriminalized instead of legalized. I don't think I want it legalized either -- but decriminalizing it makes perfect sense.

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You know they just decriminalized it in Mississippi a few months ago. (Or the law went into effect a few months ago). I should have said decriminalized instead of legalized. I don't think I want it legalized either -- but decriminalizing it makes perfect sense.
This may sound stupid, but what do you mean by decriminalizing it
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This may sound stupid, but what do you mean by decriminalizing it
Im not for sure myself but I think it means somewhere in between no laws on the books for or against not legalized and that way the state fed etc can not tax it.Or somthing to that effect.
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Decriminalizing means that it's still against the law, but it's not a criminal offense that you can be jailed for. It's like traffic tickets, you get fined, but you don't go to jail.
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