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5 years in prison 4 stealing $95 in lottery tickets
Court upholds 5-year sentence for $95 lottery ticket theftThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution Over a span of three days in February 2004, Curtis Lee Doe entered a southeast Georgia convenience store and, taking advantage of an unmanned cash register, helped himself to $95 in lottery tickets. Doe was indicted "for falsely uttering a state lottery ticket," a little-known law with big consequences -- five years imprisonment, in this case. On Monday, Georgia's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Doe's lawyers, who had said the theft of 65 scratch-off tickets from the store in Glennville didn't rise to the level of tampering with lottery materials, as spelled out in the statute. "[A]ny person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception or tampering with lottery equipment or materials shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,000 or by imprisonment for not longer than five years," the statute reads. Doe's long rap sheet, which includes convictions for shoplifting and the possession of a firearm while committing a felony, contributed to his sentence, according to the filing. The state Lottery Commission has been looking to crack down on cheats but has been limited by a lack of case law establishing such thefts as felonies, Sandra Dutton, who prosecuted the case, told the Fulton County Daily Report.
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And they didn't even win the damn thang. Oh well... | |
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"...an attempt to influence the winning of a lottery prize."
how he do that? either the scratcher is a winner or it isn't.
Is he black? Just curious. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
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He tried to influence his own winning!
5 years seems a bit crazy, but it suonds like this was not his first time My Legacy
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if he was black this thread would have to go to PR, so i guess not i am KING BAD!!!
you are NOT... 
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I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
RIP Dick Clark, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, and Donna Summer. | |
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why the truth have to be so funny?
I'd say there is 99% chance this was a brother. | |
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then it HAS to go to PR
but really, look at that thread about the whitegirl that won lotto but wanna keep her foodstamps most folks would be qwick to think she was black without a pic i am KING BAD!!!
you are NOT...
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