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The Waller Times
September 15, 2010

District Judge Hands Down lengthy Sentences

On Friday, September 3, Judge Albert M. McCaig, Jr., presiding over the 506th District Court in Waller County, sentenced Woodrow Norris Woodard, of Waller, to a 20-year prison term for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (methamphetamine), a first-degree felony.  The possible punishment range for a first-degree felony is 5-99 years or life in prison.  Woodard was also sentenced to a 10-year prison term for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (dihydrocodeinone), a second-degree felony.  The possible punishment range for a second-degree felony is 2-10 years imprisonment.

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Judge McCaig also sentenced Eric Lamon Johnson, of Prairie View, to two 16-year prison terms for possession of controlled substances (cocaine and codeine), second-degree felonies.  Both sentences are to be served concurrently.  According to (DA Elton) Mathis, Johnson has several prior convictions for delivery of controlled substances in Waller and Washington Counties, and a criminal history spanning back to 1993.

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