A homeless man was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to cocaine possession — but it turned out to just be powdered milk

https://news.yahoo.com/homeless-man-sentenced-15-years-151857072.html

Kelly McLaughlin
,INSIDER•October 16, 2019

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A homeless man in Oklahoma was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine, but his case was dismissed after the substance turned out to be powdered milk.

Cody Gregg, 29, had his case in Oklahoma City dismissed on Friday, days after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, The Oklahoman reported.

Gregg told a judge that he initially pleaded guilty because he wanted to get away from poor conditions in the Oklahoma County Jail, which is plagued with overcrowding, chronic mold, and a high suicide rate, according to the Washington Post.

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According to a ProPublica investigation from 2016, thousands of people are jailed every year because roadside drug tests produce false positives. In Gregg's case, the powder later was proved to be powdered milk.

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