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"21-month sentence for man who beat fellow golfer with 6-iron"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline from this local sentencing story that seems to provide a great setting for a little friday frivolity.  First, here are the basics: A Puyallup man who assaulted a fellow golfer with a 6-iron last summer was sentenced this morning to 21 months in prison. Nicholas Shampine, 34, was found guilty of second-degree assault during a jury trial in May.  King County Superior Court Judge Deborah Fleck sentenced Shampine, who has no prior criminal convictions, to a high-end sentence at the Maleng Regional Justice Center this morning. Shampine attacked James Compton at the Auburn Golf Course last July 13 after Compton's golf party complained to the greens marshal that Shampine's party was taking too long at each hole, according to court charging paperwork...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).