Saturday, January 5, 2013

Plea deals - how square?

Steven Henshall was sentenced to six years in IDOC yesterday by Judge Prather. He's the guy who tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend in Crystal Lake. He had pled guilty to two count of aggravated battery (at least one against a police officer) and one count of misdemeanor domestic battery as part of "Let's Make a Deal".

And what got dropped in the deal?

Attempted murder
Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia
Unlawful possession of cannabis
Driving on a revoked license

Henshall was convicted previously, on May 27, 2009, for driving on a revoked license. At that time three charges were dismissed:

Aggravated DUI, license suspended or revoked
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Resisting a police officer or corrections officer


He had public defenders both times.

Is there a mandatory minimum on the six years? Or will he be out in three? in two? in maybe only one year?

Maybe by that time Illinois will have a concealed carry law and his ex-girlfriend will be packing. And I don't mean her suitcase.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I BELIEVE that felony prison time is now 85-90%, not like in the past 50/50. I thought that I read this pertaining to another guy sentenced to prison last year in the NWH. Could be wrong, but it won't be the first, or the last time

Big Daddy said...

I have no problem with the drug and revoked license charges being tossed. They are nothing charges going nowhere. But the attempt murder should have remained.