With all the legalization going on this seems ludicrous
http://www.wbir.com/story/news/loca...entenced-19-years-growing-marijuana/77039912/
(WBIR - KNOXVILLE) A Knox County man convicted of growing 522 marijuana plants was sentenced Wednesday to serve 19 years in prison.
Travis Joe Braunm, 33, received an enhanced sentence based on his prior criminal convictions including multiple felony convictions in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Braunm must also pay a $100,000 fine asses by the jury at trial.
In September, a jury found Braunm guilty of manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to sell marijuana and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Assistant District Attorneys said Braunm manufactured marijuana at two locations on the 1800 block of Thompson Road in west Knox County.
The Office of the District Attorney General said the case began in June 2010 with a report of domestic committed by Braunm against his ex-girlfriend.
A sergeant with the Knox County Sheriff's Office discovered Braunm had outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court to answer for previous charges.
The sergeant tracked down Braunm at a motel off Lovell Road, and took him into custody on the outstanding warrants.
Braunm had marijuana and $11,000 in cash with him at the motel.
The investigation uncovered that Braunm was keeping drugs, firearms, ammunition and cash at the two locations on the 1800 block of Thompson Road.
The sergeant obtained a search warrant on the two Thompson Road homes that was executed on June 10, 2010. At the scene, officers found 522 marijuana plants in an outdoor grow, grow cabinets used in the early stages of marijuana cultivation, $32,000 cash, multiple firearms, ammunition and other items of drug paraphernalia.
http://www.wbir.com/story/news/loca...entenced-19-years-growing-marijuana/77039912/
(WBIR - KNOXVILLE) A Knox County man convicted of growing 522 marijuana plants was sentenced Wednesday to serve 19 years in prison.
Travis Joe Braunm, 33, received an enhanced sentence based on his prior criminal convictions including multiple felony convictions in Tennessee and North Carolina.
Braunm must also pay a $100,000 fine asses by the jury at trial.
In September, a jury found Braunm guilty of manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to sell marijuana and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Assistant District Attorneys said Braunm manufactured marijuana at two locations on the 1800 block of Thompson Road in west Knox County.
The Office of the District Attorney General said the case began in June 2010 with a report of domestic committed by Braunm against his ex-girlfriend.
A sergeant with the Knox County Sheriff's Office discovered Braunm had outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court to answer for previous charges.
The sergeant tracked down Braunm at a motel off Lovell Road, and took him into custody on the outstanding warrants.
Braunm had marijuana and $11,000 in cash with him at the motel.
The investigation uncovered that Braunm was keeping drugs, firearms, ammunition and cash at the two locations on the 1800 block of Thompson Road.
The sergeant obtained a search warrant on the two Thompson Road homes that was executed on June 10, 2010. At the scene, officers found 522 marijuana plants in an outdoor grow, grow cabinets used in the early stages of marijuana cultivation, $32,000 cash, multiple firearms, ammunition and other items of drug paraphernalia.
