1.1 grams is not even a tenth of an ounce, but today a man ended up serving a year in jail because of it. Now, it's not that he was convicted for the single gram, but when they took him27 year old Ronald Lopez to court for that - they found that he had an outstanding fine for another weed offence dating back to 2007. That's when Lopez was convicted of drug trafficking and fined ten thousand dollars - which he only paid 150 dollars towards.
But he will have to pay for the rest now because today, 7 years later, he will spend one year in jail for the outstanding balance.
Lopez told the court that he had just come out of jail after serving some years for another offence.
The Succotz resident says he was only in the city to visit relatives when he was picked up for the small amount of marijuana.
He pleaded guilty to that amount and was fined two hundred dollars.
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