May 23, 2007

ID: to the unknown public defender

From the Idaho Press-Tribune:

Drive-by gunman sent to prison

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated battery was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison and must serve at least six years of that sentence behind bars. Eighteen-year-old Luis M. Ruiz fired three rounds from a sawed-off shotgun out a car window last August, hitting two teenagers and sending them to the hospital...

Canyon County Deputy Prosecutor Gearld Wolff called Ruiz a “gang-banger,” submitting a photo of Ruiz and others to 3rd District Judge Renae Hoff... Wolff asked for Ruiz’ incarceration... A Canyon County public defender said Ruiz was sorry for his actions and, considering that Ruiz had already spent 257 days in jail, recommended a retained jurisdiction sentence...


Just another day for Nameless Public Defender.

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