Trent Bouhdida is held at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson, five years into a 16-year sentence, according to Phoenix New Times. He was convicted of selling about one ounce of marijuana in four transactions to an undercover Tempe detective in 2015, and the article says he held a valid medical marijuana card at the time.
A judge denied his expungement petition on July 12, saying the statute does not provide for expunging a marijuana sale conviction, and his clemency petitions had been denied. The reported 16 years combine 11 years 3 months for the sales and 5 years for violating probation on an earlier case from when he was 15. Nearly 800 people had signed an online petition for his release.
Why it matters: Four sales of about an ounce in total led to more than 11 years, and the expungement law as written does not reach sale convictions, so a legal route to relief is closed.
Source: Phoenix New Times, undated. Forgotten Prisoner's account is based on this reporting.