Forty-nine (49) defendants plead guilty to felony drug crimes in Mecklenburg County Superior Court from November 15 - November 29, 2010. The defendants entered their pleas in courtroom 5350 before The Honorable Robert C. Ervin, Superior Court Judge.
The convictions were for crimes that included possessing, selling, and trafficking in illegal drugs. Based on the structured sentencing laws in North Carolina, sentences ran ged from probation to Carlos Morales' active prison sentence of 70-84 months for trafficking in heroin.