HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A Nickerson man who was facing a second trial for the sale of marijuana and found guilty by District Judge Trish Rose after the defendant entered pleas in the cases was granted community corrections.
However, Armando Corral will face a significant sentence if he violates those corrections.
He entered pleas to five sale of marijuana counts and was sentenced to two years, two months in each count. The judge ran those sentences consecutive to each other, which totals nearly 11 years in prison. His corrections is for a term of 18 months or one year, six months.
Corral was arrested in Texas after fleeing from the area four years ago. Corral failed to appear in court following a mistrial in numerous drug cases in December of 2011. He was arrested in El Paso trying to cross the border on April 24.
He had been charged with numerous counts of possession of marijuana with intent to sell and using a communication device to make drug transactions.
The mistrial occurred after one of the jurors read a newspaper article about the trial, then brought it up in ear shot of other jurors. Corral was arrested after making numerous deals with a KBI agent over an extended period of time, this going back to 2008.
He will also have to pay restitution of over $6,800 as well as $1,600 for the KBI lab fee and court cost of $193.