United States of America v. Richard Jackson

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.



On January 30, 2024, Jackson and Terrance Wallace traveled together by car from Dayton, Ohio to a parking lot in Nicholasville, Kentucky, where they sold approximately 223 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine for $1,400 to an individual acting as a confidential informant for local law enforcement officers. Following their return to Ohio, Jackson and Wallace travelled to the Nicholasville parking lot again the next day to sell more methamphetamine to the confidential informant. After arriving at the parking lot, local authorities approached their car and ordered Jackson and Wallace to exit. Instead of exiting the car, Wallace drove away with Jackson still in the front passenger seat. Officers then deployed stop sticks, which slowly deflated the car's tires after making contact. Undeterred, Wallace continued to drive with the flat tires until the car came to a stop a short distance from the parking lot. During the attempted escape, Jackson tossed methamphetamine from the car's passenger window. Officers eventually recovered approximately

370 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine from the surrounding roadway. Officers also retrieved a nine-caliber pistol from the car, where it was resting against the gearshift near the car's center console. Wallace later admitted to owning the pistol.



Defendant Richard Jackson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fifty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. After applying a two-level Sentencing Guidelines enhancement for possession of a dangerous weapon pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1).

The Defendant was sentenced to 128 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.