Michael Irvin at it again
Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of possessing less than a gram of cocaine stemming from an arrest last summer.
The charge carries a penalty from six months to two years in jail and up to a $10,000 fine, said Lee Ann Breading, assistant district attorney in Denton County.
Irvin was arrested Aug. 9 at a North Dallas apartment where law officers said they found marijuana and other drugs. Irvin had completed probation on a no-contest plea to felony cocaine possession less than two months earlier.
Irvin's attorney, Howard Shapiro, said he was surprised by the timing of the indictment.
"Why did it take 10 months for this case to get to the grand jury?" Shapiro said at a news conference. "What evidence exists now that didn't exist 10 months ago? I think this is overaggressive, overzealous prosecution."
Shapiro said Irvin, who was not at the news conference, planned to plead innocent and would request a jury trial.
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