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What's the early line on the upcoming OJ sentencing?

By Douglas A. Berman

According to this AP article, which is headlined "Lawyer: OJ, co-defendant face 18 years," it looks like Orenthal James Simpson is looking at a sentence of at least six years for his state convictions.  Here are the sentencing basics from the article: O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant face a recommended 18 years in prison in the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers, according to defense briefs and Simpson's lawyer. Defense lawyers for the former football star and co-defendant Clarence "C.J" Stewart filed briefs Tuesday asking Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass for minimum prison terms when she sentences the two men Friday. "If the judge chooses minimum sentences but runs them consecutively it would total 18 years," Simpson lawyer Gabriel Grasso said after filing an 11-page defense brief in response to a state Parole and Probation Division sentencing recommendation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).