A jury sentenced a Kingsland man to life in prison Wednesday for possession of an ounce of meth with intent to deliver, according to the district attorney's office in Llano County.

During closing arguments, the man's attorney, Zac Morris, asked the jury to consider a sentence twice as long as his previous prison stay so he could have a chance to make better decisions in the future when he got out, the DA's office said.

The jury deliberated for less than an hour and a half before returning the verdict of life in prison for 35-year-old Thomas Preston Davis. He is eligible for parole in 15 years.

Davis was arrested in November 2017 for traffic offenses, the DA's office said. Llano County deputies searched him and found about an ounce of meth in his pants. Deputies alleged that Davis had previously delivered three-quarters of an ounce of meth in two separate transactions.

The jury found him guilty of possessing meth with the intent to deliver in an amount greater than or equal to four grams but less than 200 grams.

District Attorney Sonny McAfee argued that Davis had plenty of opportunities to make better choices in his life and that Davis’ history showed he was not going to stop violating the law.

Davis was previously convicted in federal court of conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine in Virginia, the DA's office said. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. When he got out, he violated his probation and returned to federal prison in Texas in October 2015.

Davis was also arrested and charged with evading arrest and possession of methamphetamine in the Buchanan Dam area last year while his other drug cases were pending. Davis attacked another inmate in the Llano County Jail while he was awaiting trial, the DA's office said.

“The jurors carefully listened to the testimony and considered all of the evidence in both the guilt and punishment phases of trial," McAfee said in a statement. "They showed great commitment to this community by holding this defendant accountable for spreading poison in the form of methamphetamine throughout this area.”