STILLWATER MAN GETS 30 YEARS

STILLWATER -- A 60-year-old Stillwater man who slept through much of
his trial was convicted Wednesday of selling $125 worth of crack
cocaine and given a 30- year prison term by a Payne County jury.

The jury also recommended a $1,500 fine and a six-month jail term for
Arthur Lee ``Rabbit'' Haley for a misdemeanor count of bootlegging
liquor, Assistant District Attorney Jack Bowyer said.

When it returned its verdict at 6:30 p.m., the jury recommended that
the sentences run consecutively, Bowyer said.

Haley was given two 15-year prison terms for two counts of cocaine
delivery -- for selling $100 worth of crack on May 15 to an undercover
informant and selling $25 worth of crack two weeks later to the same
informant.

Haley was also convicted of selling a small bottle of 80-proof
Kentucky whiskey on May 29 to the informant, Bowyer said.

Haley admitted that there was a time when he sold whiskey, defense
attorney David Zacker said in his closing argument. Zacker also asked
the jury not to hold it against Haley that ``he did sleep through part
of the trial.''

Checked-by: Rich O'Grady