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Michael Vick’s problems pile on as a federal judge has put him on tighter restriction after the Atlanta Falcons suspended quarterback tested positive for marijuana.
Just one day after he was indicted by a grand jury on two new state charges related to the dog fighting ring he financed and operated on his Virginia property, Vick was ordered by U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson to home confinement with an electric monitor after he disregarded the terms of his release by using marijuana.
The NFL player, probably used to nightclubbing and wild parties, some of them in other states, will not be allowed to leave his Virginia home from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. And these are not the only restrictions he got after failing the drug test; Vick must submit to random drug tests that could include wearing a "sweat patch" and he will also have to partake in a substance therapy program and mental health counseling.
The positive drug test could also be taken in consideration by Judge Henry Hudson in his ruling, when Vick faces sentencing Dec.10 in Richmond. Hudson could sentence Vick to up to five years in jail for pleading guilty to federal dog fighting conspiracy charges and although experts estimated the QB will serve a year to a year and a half, Hudson might decide to put Vick away for little longer.
"Every judge considers pretty seriously if they feel that the defendant has flaunted the conditions for release. It's certainly not a smart thing to do," Linda Malone, a criminal procedure expert and Marshall-Wythe Foundation professor of law at the College of William and Mary, said to The Mercury News.
If Vick is tested positive after yet another drug test, he will most likely be imprisoned like co-defendant Quanis Phillips, who was locked up since his August 17 plea hearing after he failed a drug test when he had the electronic monitoring.
Falcon’s quarter back was placed under pretrial release supervision in July and by U.S. Magistrate Dennis Dohnal and the restrictions he had to observe included refraining from use or unlawful possession of narcotic drugs or other controlled substances.
The urine sample which tested positive was submitted Sept. 13, according to a document by a federal probation officer filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
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