Haha ok why don't you Google Donnie Keith wall. I'm sure no jail time in Williamson fucking county.
The
Donnie Keith Wall case is a disturbing example of Texas justice.
In 1992, 24th State District Court Judge W.W. Kilgore sentenced him to 35 years in prison for "aggravated possession of anabolic steroids with intent to sell".
What steroids did he have in his possession?
- 79 redi-ject Sostenon 250 (likey Organon from Mexico dosed at 250-mg per rediject)
- 100 rediject Deca Durabolin (likely Organon from Mexico dosed at 50-mg per rediject)
- "an assortment of pills"
The injectables constituted a total of less than 25 grams of actual AAS. I doubt the orals accounted for more than 5 additional grams of AAS.
The case was controversial because rather than being sentenced based on the actual amount of steroids (<30 grams), Wall was sentenced based on the total weight of the steroids and ALL fillers, excipients, carrier oils, solubilizers and bacteriostatics. So, Wall was charged with possession of 200-400 grams of anabolic steroids with intent to distribute; at the time, it was a first degree felony punishable by 5-99 years in prison.
Wall appealed the sentence arguing that the State did NOT prove that the "adulterants and dilutants, if any, were identified or added to the steroids for the purpose of increasing the bulk or quantity of the steroids".
"The defense expert believed, in short, that the non-steroid portions were carrying agents and were not added with the intent to increase the bulk. The State expert, however, disagreed. He explicitly testified that the non-steroid portions were added with the intent to increase the bulk and did not affect the steroids' chemical activity."
The appellate court sided with the State's expert witness and affirmed the judgment of the trial court:
Source:
http://www.leagle.com/decision/19941564878SW2d686_11494.xml/WALL v. STATE
That would mean he could be in prison until 2026!
Does anyone know what happened to Wall? Surely, he's since been released on parole or has had his sentence commuted.
Source: The Victoria Advocate - May 12, 1992 via Google News