Judge Compares Corie Blount To "Cheech And Chong"
Blount's drug punishment: One year in prison, jokes from judge
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Corie Blount has enough weed for these two, and then some.
Last December, former NBA star Corie Blount -- pronounced "blunt," which we'll only mention once for fear of overkilling a near-perfect ironic coincidence -- found himself in the news. What was the occasion? Why, Blount was arrested by authorities who intercepted 11 pounds of marijuana sent to him at a relative's house. They also found an additional 18 pounds in Blount's home.
We're not marijuana experts, but that's a ton of weed, more than you could ever reasonably smoke without the help of a large, deep-lunged army. But then you'd have to buy snacks and Planet Earth DVDs for your army, and that would just be a hassle. Anyway. The point is that Blount tried to say he purchased the drugs for his personal use and to give away to friends and family. The judge assigned to Blount's case, Craig Hedric, didn't believe him:
Although Judge Craig Hedric did not sentence Blount to the maximum 10 years in prison, he rejected Blount's claim that the marijuana was intended for personal use and to share with friends. "Cheech and Chong would have had a hard time smoking that much," Hedric told Blount.
Cheech and Chong! What a timely stoner comedy reference! What, Judge Hedric? No "Pineapple Express?" Not even a "Half Baked?" Comedy Central's favorite set of mid-day, hey, nothing-else-is-on movies is really the best we can do? For shame, sir.
Still, the judge is right. Blount would have needed much more than Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong to finish all that bud, which is why he was sentenced to one year in prison. Blount's lucky: The maximum sentence for the two felony possession counts he plead guilty to is 10 years. Blount's even luckier he wasn't charged with distribution. By comparison, a little ribbing from a judge and one year in prison doesn't seem so bad.
Eamonn Brennan is a Chicago-based writer, editor and blogger. You can also read him at Yahoo! Sports, Mouthpiece Sports Blog, and Inside The Hall, or at his personal site, eamonnbrennan.com. Follow him on Twitter.
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