Tyler Drug Conviction
Posted/updated on: October 23, 2010 at 7:55 am
TYLER — A Tyler man has been convicted of selling drugs in a drug-free zone and sentenced to life in prison. It took around 30 minutes of deliberations before the jury in Tyler’s 7th State District Court convicted Richard Charles Carter, 50. It took about 45 minutes of deliberations before they agreed upon the sentence. Carter had been accused of selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer near Austin Elementary back in February.
