One man sentenced in pot burger case

TWO FAST FOOD WORKERS ACCUSED OF PUTTING MARIJUANA IN TWO COPS HAMBURGERS WERE IN COURT TODAY....  More »

TWO FAST FOOD WORKERS ACCUSED OF PUTTING MARIJUANA IN TWO COPS HAMBURGERS WERE IN COURT TODAY. BOTH WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SENTENCED FOR THE CRIME...... BUT AFTER A LEGAL AMBUSH ..... ONLY ONE OF THEM LEARNED HIS FATE. CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE IN LOS LUNAS WITH WHO GOT WHAT. THE JUDGE ACCUSED PROSECUTORS OF TRYING TO AMBUSH ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS WITH DAMAGING LAST MINUTE INFORMATION SO HE DELAYED THAT SENTENCING. BUT HE WENT AHEAD WITH THE OTHER ONE... SOME PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. THE OFFICERS THAT WERE GIVEN POT LACED HAMBURGERS AT A LOS LUNAS BURGER KING WERE IN THE COURTROOM TODAY. AND THEY ADDRESSED THE JUDGE. 29:15-29:50 'the situation from the drugs the minimum being term and crime charges and max is causing death of another breaks down... i'd have to live with that.' THEN JUST AS JUDGE JOHN POPE WAS ABOUT TO SENTENCE ROBERT NUCKOLS... THE PROSECUTION ANNOUNCED THAT NUCKOLS HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN OHIO LAST WEEK FOR CARRYING A DEADLY WEAPON. NUCKOLS'DEFENSES ATTORNEY CLAIMED IT WAS THE FIRST HE'D HEARD ABOUT IT. 39:03-39:17 'i'm sorry ... were adjourned 'JUDGE POPE AGREED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE SENTENCING OF THE OTHER DEFENDANT JUSTIN ARMIJO. HE STARTED BY TURNING AND TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE OFFICERS. 41:16-41:25 ' I was not aware of what happened I did hand burgers to you again i'm sorry for whaT HAPPENED'PROSECUTORS POINTED OUT THAT CONTRADICTS ARMIJO'S ORIGINAL STATEMENT THAT THE POT WAS HIS AND HE TOLD NUCKOLS TO PUT IN THE BURGERS. ARMIJO CRIED AS HIS DAD AND GRANDPA SPOKE TO THE JUDGE. IN THE END JUDGE POPE GAVE ARMIJO A SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND THREE YEARS PROBATION. AS ARMIJO LEFT THE COURTHOUSE THE POLICE HE GAVE POT TO REFUSED TO SHAKE HIS HAND. Live NO WORD ON WHEN NUCKOLS WILL BE RESENTENCED. U-N-M HAS DECIDED ON A  « Less