Willie Nelson Will Likely Go to Jail for Pot Bust, Expert Says (won't affect Thursday's concert)

Fox News ^ | 11/29/10 | Hollie McKay

[Libloather]

Willie Nelson Will Likely Go to Jail for Pot Bust, Expert Says
By Hollie McKay
Published November 29, 2010
FoxNews.com

Willie Nelson was arrested in Sierra Blanca, Texas on Friday for possession of six ounces of pot. As a result, the country music legend faces as many as two years behind bars.

“If the Texas prosecutors do not reduce the charges, and the marijuana's weight is indeed six ounces, then he is dealing with felony and a potential minimum of 180 days in a county jail and a maximum of two years, with a $10,000 fine,” explained former California-based prosecutor, Robin Sax.

**SNIP**

Nelson, 77, was arrested with one-and-a-half pounds of marijuana and three ounces of hallucinogenic mushrooms on his tour bus in 2006, and nine years before that, police in Waco, Texas spotted a joint in his car’s ash tray, prompting another arrest.

“Texas is more stringent than California so he could face time. One of the issues that the court and prosecutors will look at is his prior record and given the fact that he has several arrests, even recent ones, for pot related crimes," Sax said. "I would not be surprised if Texas decided to stick it to him."

[Osage Orange]

Hells bells....we had a freaking rapist in the WH..for crying out loud!!!

[Osage Orange]

What’s all over that road.....cocaine?

[Gay State Conservative]

You should be so talentless.........

I *am* completely devoid of musical talent,as is Nelson.But unlike Nelson,I've never been arrested...have never used an illegal drug....and don't look like cockroaches have settled in various parts of my body and items of my clothing.

[4yearlurker]

“Always on My Mind” is a beautiful song. Willy must have toked 3 or 4 hoglegs to come up with that one.

No New York Needles for Willy!

[TexasNative2000]

Talentless,worthless bum.White trash personified.

Excuse me? The guy has written some of the greatest songs of the 20th century.

[Liberty Valance]

Me and Paul - Willie Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_2WeE52IyE

It’s been rough and rocky travelin’,
But I’m finally standin’ upright on the ground.
After takin’ several readings,
I’m surprised to find my mind`s still fairly sound.

I guess Nashville was the roughest,
But I know I said the same about them all.
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul.

Almost busted in Laredo,
But for reasons that I’d rather not disclose,
But if you’re stayin’ in a motel there and leave,
Just don’t leave nothin’ in your clothes.

And at the airport in Milwaukee,
They refused to let us board the plane at all,
They said we looked suspicious,
But I believe they like to pick on me and Paul.

I guess Nashville was the roughest,
But I know I said the same about them all.
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul.

[truthguy]

See my comments @39. Don't waste time with Gay State. He's got no taste and wouldn't know good music if you hit him over the head with it.

I've come to accept the fact that most musicians are just a little bit off center. Maybe it's a left-brain/right-brain type of thing. I don't know. But Willie is an American Icon. I wouldn't pay any attention to what Willie says politically. But the man has music and song writing talent galore. And I don't think Willie Nelson is very political the way an AHole like Springsteen is. Willie is an all around good guy and from what I've read is very well liked by everyone in the music community.

[Ditter]

I think I have every song Willie recorded, at least I have tried to collect them all. Me and Paul is a good one but most of them are good. I love Willie, I think I saw him at the airport once but I was too shy to go up and say hello. At age 77 I think his voice is not quite what it used to be, he is still out there singing. He was in Houston last year and I missed him. Darn it!

[don-o]

Johnny Cash was also a national treasure but he made a wreck out of his life with pill and drug addiction.

Johnny cleaned up years before he died. Why didn't you bother to know about that?

[trisham]

I am no fan of Willie Nelson’s, but that is a very strong charge. Do you have documentation?

[don-o]

Well played

[trisham]

Which places?

[trisham]

It’s worth nothing, imho.

[don-o]

Stop posting from what you “remember” reading someplace. This site is not immune from the laws against slander.

[bleach]

She did own it. The man can write and interpret others works. Don’t like his politics and I’m not a huge fan, but I can admire his body of work. Over 2500 hundred songs written by or in part my him. Incredible.

[houeto]

Stopping Willie Nelson’s tour bus and searching it for pot just doesn’t seem sporting.

That's not at all what happened. Looked like to me he was asking for this. Research the details for the truth of the matter.