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Published on: October 17, 2017
Office of the State Attorney
Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
www.sao4th.com
Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
www.sao4th.com
Melissa W Nelson
State Attorney
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202-4242
(904) 255-2500
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces today that Michael Keith Googins, 48, of Nassau County, was found guilty by a jury of Sale or Delivery of Oxycodone. Googins now faces a maximum of 15 years in Florida State Prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled before the Honorable Robert M. Foster on Nov. 2, 2017.
In January 2017, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, conducted an undercover buy of Oxycodone. Detectives successfully utilized a confidential informant to purchase Oxycodone pills from Googins. The sale was video recorded. Googins was charged with the Sale or Delivery of Oxycodone, a second-degree felony.
The case was investigated by Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and successfully prosecuted by Assistant State Attorney William Collins Cooper.