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Patterson Guilty

By Sam Bakken in News on Jul 29, 2005 9:33PM

7_2005_guilty.jpgIt's pretty tough to gain the jury's sympathy when during your trial you frequently spew profanity, insult prosecutors and then attack your own attorneys. So it comes as no suprise that the jury found Aaron Patterson guilty. The jury found the freedom fighter/revolutionary/professional troublemaker guilty on one count of marijuana conspiracy, one count of heroin conspiracy, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, one count of possessing a machine gun, five counts of distributing marijuana and four counts of distributing heroin. That's quite a rap sheet and probably quite a bit of jail time. And we'd bet the guv'na won't be pardoning him this time.

Jurors deliberated for three hours yesterday and were back at it this morning. They announceed their verdict around 3 p.m.

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