R. Leaf
In May 2009, R. Leaf was indicted on burglary and controlled substance charges in Texas. He was in a drug-rehabilitation program in British Columbia, Canada at the time of the indictment [ 93 ] and was arrested by customs agents at the border on his return to the U.S. as he was intending to fly to Texas to surrender on the indictment. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] However, his attorney Jeffrey A. Lustick successfully blocked the fugitive warrant extradition process, therefore legally allowing Leaf to go to Texas on his own. Lustick later successfully got the Washington fugitive action against Leaf dismissed with prejudice. [ 96 ] On June 17, he posted a $45,000 bond in Washington state for the criminal charges in Texas. [ 97 ] In April 2010, he pled guilty in Amarillo, Texas to seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance, all felonies. State District Judge John B. Board sentenced him to ten y...