Lawyer sentenced for cocaine in Minn. courtroom
A lawyer has been sentenced to two days in jail and ten years probation for possessing cocaine in a Winona County courtroom.
Judge Jeffrey Thompson also sentenced 43-year-old Chuck Ramsay of New Brighton to 240 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine Monday.
Ramsay pleaded guilty last month to third-degree possession of cocaine.
Ramsay was charged with cocaine possession in January 2009 after exhibiting unusual behavior at the courthouse while defending Jack Willis Nissalke.
Ramsay was defending Nissalke on charges of terroristic threats related to the investigation of a homicide in 1985. Nissalke was later convicted of murder.
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