LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man paralyzed from the neck down in a 2008 shooting has been sentenced to prison for trying to sell methamphetamine.

Joseph Garza and Paul Deras Jr. were caught trying to sell meth more than a year ago in Lincoln. Deras was sentenced in April.

At a hearing Monday, Judge Steven Burns told Garza that only Garza’s disability distinguished him from Deras.

Burns then said it was his opinion that the disability didn’t merit Garza different treatment, so he gave Garza the same sentence of two to five years given Deras.

Garza was paralyzed when John Le shot him four times as Garza pulled a knife during a confrontation in June 2008. Le is serving a 40-year sentence.