Cornell Hood II got off with probation after three marijuana convictions in New Orleans. He didn’t fare too well after moving to St. Tammany Parish, however. A single such conviction on the north shore landed the 35-year-old in prison for the rest of his life.
State Judge Raymond S. Childress punished Hood under Louisiana’s repeat-offender law in his courtroom in Covington on Thursday. A jury on Feb. 15 found the defendant guilty of attempting to possess and distribute marijuana at his Slidell home, court records show.
Hood moved from eastern New Orleans to the Slidell area after he admitted to separate charges of distribution of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana on Dec. 18, 2009, in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. He received a suspended five-year prison sentence and five years’ of probation for each — which was precisely the same penalty he got in that court after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to distribute marijuana on Feb. 22, 2005.
When Hood switched homes, he also requested a new probation officer based in St. Tammany. Authorities granted the wish, and the officer, Dustin Munlin, drove to Hood’s place for a routine visit on Sept. 27, 2010. Munlin found nearly two pounds of pot throughout the house, according to court records. He alerted Sheriff’s Office deputies. They arrested Hood, who apparently shared the King’s Point house with his mother and young son.
Prosecutors later charged him with one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. At Hood’s one-day trial, the evidence presented by the prosecution included a digital scale and about a dozen bags that had contained marijuana before being seized from the house, testimony showed. Deputies also found $1,600 in cash and a student-loan application with Hood’s name on it inside of a night stand. Where in hell are our priorities?
So who do you think has ruined more lives, the Wall Street crooks who rob old ladies out of their pensions…and handsomely rewarded for it, or this guy? And how much will it cost the taxpayers to imprison the man for the next 40 years? Maybe we should just go ahead and execute the guy.
#62==Ralphie==now, I don’t wanna put words in your mouth but are you saying some people aren’t better than others? On the measure of societal integration we are all exactly the same? Is such a sentiment equally deserving of a response that YOU think your shit doesn’t stink? Or should we all assume that your shit does stink? Do you take a narrow or broad interpretation of what your shit is?
Does this bus go downtown?
#63, bobbo,
Well my shit ain’t so bad. I eat plenty of vegies and am trying to cut down on the meat. Not that it smells like roses, but it ain’t a triple alarm, open the window in -15F weather stuff either.
I am under no delusions. My shit is the waste of my body expels. Generally, as it is full of nitrogen and nitrates, there is some smell. BUT, most of the odor comes from sulfur compounds which comes from meats.
Ralphie–for future reference, you take the narrow view of what your shit is. Good to know.
Ralph as someone who spent years working in the water and wastewater industry as an operator, teacher, and consultant. I can say in all honesty you take way to much interest in your shit.
#67,
It was in reply to a question. Although I don’t succumb to all the trends in health, I do take an interest and thus, know how food effects us. It comes from being diabetic.
You pointed out that you worked in waste treatment. You should understand how little normal consumers, although I guess you might call them, exsumers, understand what they flush.
The overwhelming proportion of utility consumers only care that the tap runs when they turn it on and that the toilet flushes. Beyond that they don’t have a clue how the water gets there or where it goes.
I agree with #45!! I have m.s and use to smoke due this and now i moved to florida and cant smoke it because then you cant even see a doctor because you cant pass a drug test!! Its very stupid so i have to take 10 differant meds when i could just smoke a joint and not have to deal with a bunch of side affects!! I think i might be moving again!! It helps with the pain the depression and it helps put me to sleep. Weed helps pepole it dosent kill them!! Yet pepole die everyday from drinking why cant i be happy and well smoking a joint?