GILMER, Texas — A 39-year-old Smith County woman received a 99-year prison sentence from an Upshur County jury Wednesday on a charge of drug possession with intent to deliver.
Felisha Diane Williams had been scheduled for jury trial on Jan. 13 in the 115th District Court in Upshur County on a charge of possession of 4 grams to 200 grams of a controlled substance with intent to deliver — a first-degree felony. However, on the morning of the trial, she changed her plea to guilty, according to Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd.
She declined the state's offer of 20 years in prison and chose for a jury to decide her punishment, Byrd said in a written statement. Because of previous felony convictions, Williams faced an enhanced punishment range of 15 years to life, rather than the normal punishment range of five to 99 years or life in prison.
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