Case DIH-0609
Dwayne Tullous
Sold black tar heroin and fentanyl to a man at his Lakeland, Tennessee, home in July 2018; the man died a few hours later. Tullous had the drugs mailed to him from the Los Angeles area.
- Court
- Federal, Western District of Tennessee
- State
- Tennessee
- Year of death
- 2018
- Year sentenced
- 2020
- Drugs
- Heroin; fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 240 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Tennessee’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Tennessee in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govMemphis man sentenced 20 years federal prison distribution heroin and fentanyl
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