It took only 35 minutes Tuesday for the trial, jury deliberation and verdict in the drug case of Nino Wallace.

Ninth Judicial District Prosecutor Bryan Chesshir said testimony started at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday in Pike County Circuit Court. By 9:50 a.m., Wallace was found guilty and sentenced for selling 101 Xanax pills for $150.

Four law enforcement officers and a state crime lab chemist testified during the trial. Wallace was sentenced to four years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

“We hardly had a chance to sit down and the jury had a verdict,” said ...

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