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Hey, it could have been worse. Right?

By Shawn Matlock

Yesterday, down in the sticks Johnson County, a man was sentenced after being convicted of six counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, four counts of Indecency with a Child, and two counts of Sexual Performance by a Child.  Texas Penal Code Section 3.03 deals with when sentences can run concurrently (at the same time) or consecutively (running one at a time).  A consecutive sentence is often referred to as a stacked sentence.  Stacked sentences are specifically allowed by 3.03 in sex cases, especially when they involve children.  So it was no surprise that the sentences for Robert Walter Bonner were mostly stacked.  Well, all but four of them apparently.The result?  A 634 year sentence.  Yeah, that's not a typo.  Seriously.  It's not...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on April 03, 2009 (boomark / email).