Case DIH-1789

Casey Bledsoe

State · Texas · Sentenced 2025

Pleaded guilty to giving a man less than a gram of fentanyl in 2023; the man died after taking it, and the death led the district attorney to file a third-degree felony charge instead of the usual lesser offense.

Court
State, Lubbock County
State
Texas
Year of death
2023
Year sentenced
2025
Drugs
Fentanyl
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Delivery of less than a gram of fentanyl, raised to a third-degree felony because of the death
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
Four months of shock time in jail and 10 years of deferred adjudication
Found through
State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

This case was brought under Texas law. For what that law says, see Texas in the state law guide.

Sources

  1. kcbd.comLubbock man sentenced 10 years deferred adjudication connection with dealing fentanyl

Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.

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