Sentencing delayed for former Cowboy on drug charge

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Nate Newton&#39;s sentencing on a federal drug trafficking charge has been delayed at his request. <br> <br> The 40-year-old Newton, who lives in East Ellijay, Georgia, was scheduled to be sentenced next week in Dallas federal court. The sentencing will now be delayed until August 14, says Rick Landry, an associate of defense attorney Stevan Rozan. <br> <br> In April, Newton pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking charge after accepting a plea agreement. <br> <br> Landry says the delay gives Rozan additional time to try to persuade Louisiana officials to allow Newton to serve sentences concurrently. <br> <br> Newton is a six-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman who helped the Dallas Cowboys win three Super Bowls. He spent 14 seasons in the NFL, 13 with Dallas. He retired in March 2000 after a season with the Carolina Panthers. <br> <br> Newton is starting his eighth month in a low-security detention center in Seagoville, a southeast Dallas suburb, where he has been since his Dec. 12 arrest. <br> <br> Authorities arrested Newton in Ellis County after they found ten thousand dollars in Newton&#39;s pickup as well as 175 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of an accompanying car driven by Charles Deaundra Howard of Garland. The marijuana was worth an estimated $700,000.

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