He’ll still get credit for the time served, so it’s only 38 and change.
When they can dangle such a massive prison sentence in front of someone and then say, "or just plead guilty and you can go home" I have to wonder how many possibly innocent people accepted this "offer you can't refuse" and now have criminal records.
This sounds like something that they would do in China or some other authoritarian country.
Not saying this guy is innocent but it's easy to say you would never plead guilty to crime you didn't commit until you are looking at 40 years in prison vice just going home.
This is like a kangaroo court.
He never should have been offered the plea deal to begin with.
“Uh, Your Honor...can I get a do-over?”
Maybe he just likes living in jail. 3 hots and a cot beats living in a refrigerator box in an alley.
They must make great chili at the Montgomery Co. jail.
From the article , you get the assumption he was convicted and then given an option to plea.
He was first given the option to plea to a lesser charge, then he went to trial. He place his bets badly.
But in any event, if you read the article, he will appeal.
Mental illness takes many forms His delusions run deep
I live in Mont Co, 1st off the new Judge was the 2nd in command prosecutor just last year. Bias against the defendant right there. Plus the cops around here I do not trust 1 bit. Thankfully I’m semi retired and stay home a lot and never ever go out after dark
This Judge is incompetent. He has the discretion to properly sentence people. The root cause of this problem is the people who elected him / put him in office, but they will never take responsibility, and can hide behind their secret ballot. Voting needs to be a public record.