Convicted Of Drug Distribution, Attorney Resigns
The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted the resignation of an attorney convicted of a federal drug charge.
13WMAZ had the story of the plea
A Macon attorney admitted in federal court that she tried to sell drugs to a GBI undercover agent last year.
Holly Hogue Edwards pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of distributing oxycodone and methamphetamine, according to court documents.
She faces a sentence of up to 20 years and a fine of up to a $1 million dollars.
According to a plea agreement, Edwards met the GBI undercover agent on June 4 of last year at the parking lot of Church’s Chicken on Hardeman Avenue in Macon.
She took $500 from the agent and promised to deliver an “eight ball” of methamphetamine and 10 oxycodone pills.
Edwards then drove to a nearby Citgo station to meet with her supplier, the court document says, but returned only with the pills.
She promised to deliver the meth later in the day.
The undercover agent tried to contact Edwards, but she never delivered the meth, the agreement says.
In exchange for her guilty plea, federal prosecutors agreed to drop three other charges against Edwards.
She is scheduled to be sentenced July 6.
Holly Hogue Edwards has appeared on Law Call on 13WMAZ, offering advice on legal matters.
The Georgia Bar Association web site on Wednesday still listed Edwards as a “member in good standing.”
According to Firstcoast News ABC, the public defender lost his job as a result.
Resignation is “tantamount to disbarment. ” (Mike Frisch)
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