APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS TEXAN'S DRUG CONVICTION

BOWLING GREEN - The conviction of a Mission, Texas, man sentenced to 10
years in prison last year in Wood County Common Pleas Court for trafficking
in marijuana was reversed last week by the 6th District Court of Appeals.

Francisco Javier Ramirez, 33, was ordered released from prison by the
appeals court, which ruled insufficient evidence existed that he committed
the crime.

Prosecutors said Ramirez went to a Perrysburg motel in 1999 to pick up a
payment for 92 pounds of marijuana. But the appeals court said no money was
paid to Ramirez and that not enough evidence was presented to support last
year's conviction.