This earlier post passed along this Houston Press story on the bizarre story of C. Tom Zaratti, a fringe player in the local criminal defense bar.
This Chronicle story reports that a Harris County jury assessed the maximum 10 year sentence to Mr. Zaratti after convicting him yesterday of downloading and maintaining child pornography on his home computer in violation of child predator laws. Mr. Zaratti’s legal team was not able to mount much of a defense, as the jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting Zaratti and less than two hours before agreeing on the sentence.