All you folks that think the penalty shouldn’t be enhanced for being part of the Aryan Brotherhood will find much to dislike in “Gang Enhancement” criminal penalties. At least this was just an “isolated” first amendment violation instead of one encoded into law.
Steal a Hot Pocket and go to Jail…
Fuck a Hot Pocket an become an Internet Legend…
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Eh, not really a surprise. Texas is also a sandy, authoritarian, petro-state, noted for its combination of economic neoliberalism and punitive law enforcement.
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I work at the Hot Pockets plant and if he goes to prison for this, he might get to eat Hot Pockets there. When we make an order that does not look or taste good, they are what we call Prison Packed and sold to prisons. Well, that is what they tell us.
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Really isn’t a Hot Pocket more or less a low brow calzone? I mean it’s the same concept, except you are paying 4 to 6 times as much for the calzone, so you expect it to have a much less nasty meat filling.
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Did he have the Hot Pocket for lunch after?
I am surprised to find out that Wal-Mart sells hot pockets! Does anyone one know if they keep it near the prosciutto and brie?
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And we liked it that way!
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At least now he’ll get something to eat, possibly even with more nutritional value than Hot Pockets.
Well, it’s a ‘state jail felony.’ which usually means he’ll get two years:
State Jail Felony Range of Punishment - Texas Penal Code
§ 12.35. STATE JAIL FELONY PUNISHMENT.(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an individual adjudged
guilty of a state jail felony shall be punished by confinement in a
state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180
days.
(b) In addition to confinement, an individual adjudged guilty of a
state jail felony may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.
(c) An individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony shall be
punished for a third degree felony if it is shown on the trial of the
offense that:
(1) a deadly weapon as defined by Section 1.07 was used
or exhibited during the commission of the offense or during immediate
flight following the commission of the offense, and that the individual
used or exhibited the deadly weapon or was a party to the offense and
knew that a deadly weapon would be used or exhibited; or
(2) the individual has previously been finally convicted of any felony:
(A) listed in Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(B) for which the judgment contains an
affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12, Code of
Criminal Procedure.
The KXAN article notes he has two prior Class B misdemeanors. If they had been felonies, he could be sentenced to up to 10 years.
What? Traditionally, Texans would’ve tarred and feathered him & rode him around on a rail Cutting off his hands? How barbaric [end snark].
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i don’t even want to know…lol.
Right, but the reason he doesn’t HAVE a job is because minorities and jews and immigrants and suchlike. So you see, he’s TRYING HIS BEST.
He just hasn’t gotten that call back from any of the Texas Republicans’ offices he’s put in resumes at…
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It’s closer to the caviar and 12-year-old scotch.
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Just goes to show… .the weed of crime bears bitter fruit.
You can’t have your pocket, and eat it, too.
And the crime of weed…
Man, it’s jerks like this that give violent racist gangs a bad image.
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Jim Gaffigan called. He’s not too thrilled your using his material…
Ahhh, you beat me to the Jim Gaffigan reference. Well done Gypsy. Say “Hi” to Joel, Tom Servo & Crow for me.
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