One month after a Kingsland man was sentenced to life in prison for possessing an ounce a meth, the judge who delivered the sentence ruled in a separate case last week that another man must serve 80 years in prison for possessing clonazepam pills.

In both cases, prosecutors alleged that the men intended to sell the drugs.

Judge Evan Stubbs, who serves in courtrooms in Llano, Burnet, San Saba and Blanco counties, sentenced on March 1 Lucio Roy Atkinson, 47, to 80 years in prison for possessing 244 tablets of the anti-anxiety drug clonazepam with the intent to deliver the pills to others. Atkinson had 11 prior felony convictions and 16 prior misdemeanor convictions.

A state trooper found the pills after pulling Atkinson over in Spicewood on Jan. 28, 2017, said prosecutors with the 33rd and 424th judicial districts.

Atkinson was a drug dealer in the area who supplied cocaine, meth, marijuana, steroids and illegal prescription drugs, prosecutors said.

Due to Atkinson’s prior convictions, the possible range of punishment was 25 years to life in prison.

“The problem is, we have 11 prior felonies and a bunch of prior misdemeanors," Stubbs said, according to a statement from prosecutors. "(Atkinson) has had as many chances as anyone I've ever seen. He’s a repeat drunk driver. He’s a thief. He’s a person who evades arrest. He’s a reckless driver. He’s an addict. And, most importantly, he’s a drug dealer.”

On Feb. 13, a jury in Stubbs' courtroom gave Thomas Preston Davis, 35, of Kingsland, a life sentence for possession of an ounce of meth with intent to deliver, according to the district attorney’s office in Llano County.

Deputies said that Davis had previously delivered three-quarters of an ounce of meth in two separate transactions.

District Attorney Sonny McAfee said he agreed with both of those sentences.

"I hope every drug dealer and would-be drug dealer gets the message today: As a community, we won’t put up with the spread of this poison," McAfee said.