Former OKC Thunder point guard Sebastian Telfair will spend the next three and a half years in jail following a conviction for gun possession. The sentencing followed the charges Telfair received in the summer of 2017. This was also the second time the former NBA player was charged on a weapons possession.
As per Timothy Rapp of Bleacher Report, the previous weapons charge occurred in 2007 and resulted in three years of probation. Telfair wasn’t as fortunate this time and despite requesting a jury trial and believing he had a case based on his lawyer (Richard Southard) stating an officer perjured himself, a jury of his peers found Telfair guilty.