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Little Rock lawyer admits possessing marijuana at airport, sentenced to 6 years

  Little Rock lawyer admits possessing marijuana at airport, sentenced to 6 years A 47-year-old Little Rock lawyer arrested with about 180 pounds of marijuana at the city airport admitted Tuesday to possessing a portion of the contraband in exchange for a six-year prison term. David Matthew Littlejohn pleaded guilty to a Class B felony marijuana possession charge, which involves up to 100 pounds of marijuana, reduced from Class A felony possession, which tops out at 500 pounds. Littlejohn had been scheduled to stand trial Tuesday before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Leon Johnson. A co-defendant from California is awaiting trial. Questioned about what crime he had committed, Littlejohn told the judge  that he had 40 pounds. "I was arrested at the Little Rock airport with two suitcases with about 40  pounds of cannabis," Littlejohn said. According to police reports, detectives were using a trained dog to inspect in coming luggage at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport