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A NEW STANDARD FOR DVU FIREARM DISCHARGE CASES

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Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley's wife Eleanor pled this morning.  She'll be sentenced by Judge Levenson on August 21st at 1:30 PM.  The agreed range is 270 days in the county jail up to 30 months prison.  From the sound of statements by the Judge and attorney David Bogenschutz, expect the minimum jail time followed by probation.The SAO was, as expected, exceptionally compliant to the needs of their famous defendant.  They changed the charge, allowing Mrs. Adderley to escape any and all minimum mandatory prison penalties (the original charge carried a twenty year minimum).  The actual charges she pled to are Aggravated Assault Without a Firearm, and Shooting Within An Occupied Dwelling.  Apparently, in the mysterious world of Mike Satz, discharged handguns can now disappear into thin air even without the help of a sympathetic jury...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).