Arthur Tyler Felton, who served more than 14 years in prison for killing a 6-year-old girl in Baltimore in 1991, was sentenced Monday to serve 12 years in prison for a carjacking outside the Annapolis Mall.
Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Paul A. Hackner suspended the rest of a 30-year sentence in favor of five years' probation, said a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office.
Because Felton, 38, is a repeat violent offender, he would have to serve 10 years without the possibility of parole.
Hackner had been considering giving Felton that sentence since a plea hearing in March.
In a plea deal that he later tried to back out of, Felton, of Annapolis, entered an Alford plea in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court — maintaining his innocence but acknowledging that there was sufficient evidence to convict him.
Trips me out that all these so called bad boy thugs commit crimes but when caught cry and say they didnt lol Cant handle a little bit of jail time LOL
ReplyDeleteHow in the world does someone who has a prior conviction for murdering a child manage to plea to carjacking and walk away with a less-than-maximum sentence? Probation? Seriously? Absolutely ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteHow in the world does someone who has a prior conviction for murdering a child manage to plea to carjacking and walk away with a less-than-maximum sentence? Probation? Seriously? Absolutely ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteJuly 19, 2011 6:23 PM
He got a 30 year sentence. 12 years and the rest suspended. Has to do 10 years before eligible for parole. If he screws up in that 5 year probation period, he gets the rest of the 30 years.
Whine about somethng important.