It took five years for this case to get to trial, but when it did a former prosecutor from Bexar County, Texas decided to plead no contest to a felony drug charge rather than face a jury.
Gammon Guinn was arrested in 2006 after police allegedly found 3.5 grams of cocaine and a crack pipe in his vehicle. See the story here. Since his arrest, Guinn completed treatment for substance abuse addiction, which must have a been a factor when the judge awarded him deferred adjudication probation. Guinn is still a practicing attorney.
Crack cocaine is a highly addictive and powerful stimulant that is derived from powdered cocaine using a simple conversion process. Crack emerged as a drug of abuse in the mid-1980s. It produces an immediate high and is easy and inexpensive to produce. See more here.
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