Case DIH-0305

Keith A. Watson

Federal · West Virginia · Sentenced 2015

Sold heroin in Berkeley County that led to the death of a 37-year-old man in April 2014.

Court
Federal, Northern District of West Virginia
State
West Virginia
Year of death
2014
Year sentenced
2015
Drugs
Heroin
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
120 months imprisonment
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

This was a federal prosecution. For what West Virginia’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see West Virginia in the state law guide.

Sources

  1. justice.govMartinsburg man sentenced 10 years prison causing heroin overdose death

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