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GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- A north Georgia man convicted of conspiracy to grow hundreds of marijuana plants in and around the Chattahoochee National Forest has been sentenced to life in prison.

Federal prosecutors say 45-year-old Andrew N. Cox, formerly of Blairsville, had two prior drug trafficking convictions. Normally, the latest would yield a 10-year sentence, but U.S. District Judge William C. O'Kelley applied the life sentence Thursday for what U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias ( NAH'-mee-as ) called Cox's "third and final strike."

Cox and three others were accused of cultivating marijuana in 2004, using a landscaping business as a front.

The others pleaded guilty in 2004 and 2006. Cox was a fugitive for three years before being captured Feb. 13, 2008, in Casa Grande, Ariz.

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