FREED TULIA DEFENDANT FACES ARREST WARRANTS

Judge Ron Chapman has ordered three arrest warrants and set bonds totaling
$3 million for Christopher Eugene Jackson, a recently released Tulia drug
defendant accused of evading arrest and punching a police officer Friday in
Pampa.

Chapman, a retired appellate judge who was specially appointed to preside
over hearings in the Tulia drug bust matter, revoked the personal
recognizance bonds he issued to Jackson on June 16.

After hearing of the new charges against Jackson, Chapman ordered three
surety bonds, each in the amount of $1 million, for three counts of selling
cocaine to undercover narcotics agent Tom Coleman during a 1998-99
investigation, Swisher County District Clerk Brenda Hudson said. Jackson,
31, remained in the Gray County Jail on Tuesday on $5,000 bail. "Anybody
else who wants to pick up a new case will be dealt with similarly," Chapman
told The Associated Press. "I didn't adopt them. I just admonished them."

In releasing Jackson and 11 others convicted in the Tulia drug busts,
Chapman urged the 12 defendants to avoid run-ins with the law.

After the arrest warrants are issued and executed, Jackson will likely find
himself back behind the bars of his state prison cell.

"What the sheriff will do, once he gets the warrants in hand, he'll contact
Gray County and put a hold on (Jackson)," Hudson said of Swisher County
Sheriff Larry Stewart.

"Judge Chapman is hoping that (Jackson) can be taken back to his (state
prison) unit rather than held here."

Jackson was arrested Friday morning in Pampa after he allegedly punched
Pampa police Officer Jarrett Parson, 24, in the face. Jackson had been free
in the Tulia case less than 96 hours.

Jackson, who was arrested after allegedly fleeing from authorities,
apparently was in Pampa visiting relatives. Officers went to check on a
report of a suspicious man, "possibly intoxicated," who was standing in the
road yelling at cars on U.S. 60, The AP reported.

Mitch Zamoff, Jackson's attorney, said Tuesday that he had no comment on
Chapman's action.

Zamoff has said his client has a heart condition that causes Jackson to
occasionally black out and act irrationally, which could explain his
client's behavior, The AP reported.

"We're pleased that Mr. Jackson will be allowed to remain on bond in Gray
County pending resolution of these charges," Zamoff said.

Chapman had ordered the release of Jackson and 11 other Tulia drug charge
defendants, pending new trials, because he found Coleman, the sole witness
in the drug sting trials, to be an unreliable witness.