Convicted Felon
The Life and Crimes of a Street Hustler
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I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WASN'T
SALING DRUGS. WHAT I'M SAYING
IS THAT IF YOU CALL YOURSELF
THE LAW. SOME 1 WHO IS TRYING
TO STOP CRIME. AND YOU BREAK
THE LAW TO LOCK SOME 1 UP
THEN YOU FORFEIT YOUR RIGHT
TO CALL YOURSELF THE LAW.
WHEN I GOT TO A HOLDING TANK
I CALLED CHARMAINE. SHE
SAID, SHE KNEW I WAS IN JAIL
WHEN SHE CAME BACK AND I
WASN'T THERE. WE BOTH KNEW
I WAS GOING TO PRISON AND
THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS
ALL BUT OVER. WE'D BOTH HOPED
FOR 25
YEARS OR LESS, BUT I HAD A
FEELING I WAS GOING TO GET
MORE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH
TIME I GOT FOR THE NEW CASE
I STILL HAD TO FACE REVOCATION
ON THE DEFERRED. WHEN MY
COURT PROCEEDING'S STARTED
THE LAWYER LOOKED AT MY
CASES AND THE TIME FRAME IN
WHICH I HAD CAUGHT THESE 3 CA
-SES AND HE KNEW I WAS FACING
SOME REAL TIME DESPITE HAVING
SOME SMALL PETTY DRUG CHA
-RGES.
I WAS OFFERED 30 YEARS FOR
THE NEW CASE. AFTER TURNING
IT DOWN AND A FEW
TIMES IN COURT THE JUDGE
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THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF A STREET HUSTLER. ANOTHER AMERICAN GANGSTER. THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO CAME FROM A MODEST UP BRINGING AND HAD ALL THE POTENTIAL IN THE WORLD,THEN CAME CRACK COCAINE. THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN FEELING HIS WAY THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT A FATHER, A MENTOR, OR GUIDE. THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WONDERING BLINDLY TO FRO WITH NO REAL PLANS FOR HIS FUTURE. THE STORY OF A DRUG PEDDLER WHO HUSTLED DRUGS TO EAT AND FEED HIS FAMILY, GOT BUSTED AND SPENT THE NEXT 8 YEARS IN THE 2ND LARGEST PENAL SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. THE TEXAS DEPARMENT OF CORRECTIONS
About the Author
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE THE SMALL PORT CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA IN 1 OF THE ROUGHEST AND MOST DRUG INFESTED NEIGHBORHOODS EVER, ANY WHERE IN THE U.S.A. HE WAS SMART, PLAYED SPORT IN THE PARK SYSTEM AND HIGH SCHOOL.HAD MANY OPPORTUNNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUT WITHOUT A FATHER AROUND AND A MOTHER WHO WORKED ALL THE TIME HE EVENTUALLY SUCCUMBED TO THE PULL OF THE STREETS AND STARTED SALING DRUGS. FROM THE STREETS OF NORTH MOBILE TO THE WEST SIDE OF ATLANTA. FROM THE A.T.L. TO THE GANG INFESTED STREETS OF DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE HE CAUGHT THE CASES THAT SENT HIM TO PRISON WITH A 50 YEAR SENTENCE.