Johnny Jolly is facing felony drug charges once again.
A Harris County (Texas) grand jury indicted the Green Bay Packers defensive end Tuesday for possessing 200 to 400 grams of codeine. It is the second time the charges have been brought against him, and if convicted the second-degree felony would bring with it a sentence of two to 20 years behind bars.
“I’m innocent,” Jolly told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the matter in June after it originally came to light. The district attorney’s office dropped charges against Jolly five months ago, per Greg Bedard of the Milkwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Jolly was arrested in July 2008 after police officers smelled codeine in a soda bottle and two cups in his vehicle. He was arrested along with two others, but the report states that under the Controlled Substances Act, authorities must prove Jolly knew of the drug’s presence and exercised some control over it.
Jolly will be a free agent following the season if there is an extension of the collective bargaining agreement. Otherwise, the Packers will control his rights as a restricted free agent.
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New equipment? Houston police know what codeine smells like?
Good point "just saying" this case seems to come and go, but no one ever seems to know what exactly was going on. Maybe I'm not in with the cool crowd but who mixes pain killers and soda. The whole thing is bazaar and comes at a bad time for a guy who will be entering free agency and has had a good year at his new position in this 3-4 scheme.
I thought we'd have to bring him a bunch and drop him just a little to throw people off, but once I saw him handle it, I saw him cover people man-to-man and handle the zones and learn the concepts, I knew we had something here.
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The charges that were re-instated are the result from the same incident. The Harris County DA was waiting for new equipment to come in