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Ex-officer's sentencing delayed after perjury accusation
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Prosecutors on Friday earlier asked Moody not to figure Jones' acceptance of guilt into his sentencing range because he offered conflicting statements after his guilty plea about the drug escort, making it impossible to call him as a witness in Robinson's trial.
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/oct/25/sentencing-delayed-when-prosecutors-accuse-ex-offi/?f=latest
In Robinson's trial in July, a jury deadlocked on charges tied to the drug escort in LiIttle Rock, though he was convicted of distributing a half-pound of marijuana in 2009.
After a short recess more than an hour into the sentencing hearing, prosecutors said they wanted to continue the hearing because they believe Jones committed perjury. He said his time in law enforcement never included sending an informant to investigate someone who hadn't committed any previous crimes.
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Jones and his half-brother, Randall Tremayn Robinson, 39, were accused of escorting what they believed to be a 1,000-pound marijuana shipment across the city while on duty in 2012.
During the sentencing hearing Friday before U.S. I used bad judgment on what I did. "I take full responsibility for what I did. Prosecutors said they wanted to review the day's transcript, but it came during Jones' discussion on meeting the informant and how the topic of marijuana came up.
Mark Anthony Jones, 46, was set to be sentenced Friday morning in U.S. District Court Remolque de vehiculos in Little Rock after pleading guilty to a single drug charge in exchange for six other charges being dropped. District Judge James Moody, Jones took the stand and admitted escorting the shipment. But, he said, he did so only because the informant who was secretly working with authorities owed him $6,000 from a comedy show Jones helped organize in Little Rock and that he had never done anything illegal previously.
A sentencing hearing was delayed after prosecutors told a judge they believed the former Little Rock officer facing a prison term lied Friday when Servicio de embalaje y ayudantes he took the stand.
"I wanted my money," Jones said. But I shouldn't be here."
Ex-officer's sentencing delayed after perjury accusation
Jones went on to say he had an excellent record as a police officer and was "darn good" at that job. "And I wasn't thinking right. But I wanted the $6,000 he owed me."
Moody said officials would work to finish the sentencing hearing next week, but no date was set.
"I ain't never heard of that," Jones said
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/oct/25/sentencing-delayed-when-prosecutors-accuse-ex-offi/?f=latest
In Robinson's trial in July, a jury deadlocked on charges tied to the drug escort in LiIttle Rock, though he was convicted of distributing a half-pound of marijuana in 2009.
After a short recess more than an hour into the sentencing hearing, prosecutors said they wanted to continue the hearing because they believe Jones committed perjury. He said his time in law enforcement never included sending an informant to investigate someone who hadn't committed any previous crimes.
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Jones and his half-brother, Randall Tremayn Robinson, 39, were accused of escorting what they believed to be a 1,000-pound marijuana shipment across the city while on duty in 2012.
During the sentencing hearing Friday before U.S. I used bad judgment on what I did. "I take full responsibility for what I did. Prosecutors said they wanted to review the day's transcript, but it came during Jones' discussion on meeting the informant and how the topic of marijuana came up.
Mark Anthony Jones, 46, was set to be sentenced Friday morning in U.S. District Court Remolque de vehiculos in Little Rock after pleading guilty to a single drug charge in exchange for six other charges being dropped. District Judge James Moody, Jones took the stand and admitted escorting the shipment. But, he said, he did so only because the informant who was secretly working with authorities owed him $6,000 from a comedy show Jones helped organize in Little Rock and that he had never done anything illegal previously.
A sentencing hearing was delayed after prosecutors told a judge they believed the former Little Rock officer facing a prison term lied Friday when Servicio de embalaje y ayudantes he took the stand.
"I wanted my money," Jones said. But I shouldn't be here."
Ex-officer's sentencing delayed after perjury accusation
Jones went on to say he had an excellent record as a police officer and was "darn good" at that job. "And I wasn't thinking right. But I wanted the $6,000 he owed me."
Moody said officials would work to finish the sentencing hearing next week, but no date was set.
"I ain't never heard of that," Jones said
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