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I loved the defense in that one - the defendant could have gotten 7 years if he had been convicted. His brother got up on the stand (after being missing for a day when he should have been in court - said he was hung over and forgot to come to court) and said that the meth belonged to him. The jury let his brother off.

Then the DA decided to charge the brother that claimed the meth with possession. He pled guilty and ended up with only probation. Cracked me up, but probably only because I hate the SD DA's office so dang much.

(Also, I think that simple drug possession crimes should never be prosecuted, since it's not the state's business what someone does to their own body - the state should really be spending their time and our resources on other things, like maybe finding missing children or putting murderers and rapists in jail. How about thieves and vandals? Corporate crooks? Terrorists? But no, they want to go and pick on the Dumbass Brothers 'cuz they wanted to get high with some girlies. Whatever. But, hey, maybe it's just me. Rant off.)