Elders’ Son Waives Right to Jury Trial on Drug Count
<i> Reuters</i>
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —
The son of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders waived his right to a jury trial, and the felony drug charge against him will be decided solely by a judge. Kevin Elders, 26, appeared Monday at a preliminary hearing.
Elders was arrested in December on charges of selling one-eighth of an ounce of cocaine to an undercover agent here.
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