DAYTON, Ohio -- An Ohio judge has stuck with a sentence he initially made relying on the wrong case notes, and now the prosecutor wants to appeal.
A spokesman for Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias Heck in Dayton calls 23-year-old defendant Turell Justice "a dangerous, repeat and violent offender" who should have received more than seven years for a home invasion. Justice pleaded no contest to nine felony counts, including aggravated burglary, kidnapping and a weapons charge.
After he first handed down the prison sentence, Common Pleas Judge Gregory Singer said in open court that he had looked over the wrong case.
He called a re-sentencing hearing on Nov. 6 but said at that time he believed the punishment was appropriate, given factors including that no one was injured.
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