Meth Dealer Who Sold to Undercover Agent Sentenced in Federal Court

May 16, 2018 | 

A Clayton, California man who was previously convicted for dealing methamphetamine was sentenced in Federal Court yesterday in Sacramento.

U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Gordon Owen Miller, 60, of Clayton, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez. On February 7, 2018, after a five-day trial, a federal jury found Miller and his co‑defendant Donnie Joe Phillips, 65, of Concord, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. 

Miller was found guilty of two counts of distribution and two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Phillips was also found guilty of eight counts of distribution and two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

According to evidence introduced during the trial,  starting in June 2014 and through February 2015, Phillips and Miller supplied methamphetamine to co-defendant Phyliss Mosher, 51, of Vallejo, who supplied it to an undercover agent. The drug deals took place in Solano and Yolo Counties. 

On January 25, 2018, Mosher was sentenced to 15 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to the methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy on May 9, 2017. Phillips is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Mendez on June 19, 2018.