Lancet Jades
06-13-2004, 02:47 PM
Defendant asks judge for ride back to prison
The Associated Press
Last Updated 8:15 pm PDT Saturday, June 12, 2004
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If you can't do the time, don't do the whine with federal Judge Thomas A. Higgins.
David Bowman, 41, appeared before the judge in U.S. District Court Wednesday on charges he violated probation by smoking crack, running up $6,000 on his mother's credit card and then threatening to torch her house after she turned him in.
But Bowman's big concern was that uncomfortable return ride to prison. He told the court he didn't think he could handle the crowded prison bus and the endless jailhouse transfer points.
In a situation where other defendants might humbly ask a judge for mercy, Bowman asked Higgins to personally drive him back to prison.
The judge instead ordered Bowman to return - by bus - to prison to finish serving 37 months of his supervised release sentence for cocaine distribution. Higgins tacked on another four months, the maximum he could order served consecutively.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny A.M. Koshy suggested the extra time behind bars would give Bowman extra time to think. "I think part of the problem is that Mr. Bowman doesn't do as much thinking as maybe you or I would like him to," Higgins said.
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Gotta love that last comment.
The Associated Press
Last Updated 8:15 pm PDT Saturday, June 12, 2004
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If you can't do the time, don't do the whine with federal Judge Thomas A. Higgins.
David Bowman, 41, appeared before the judge in U.S. District Court Wednesday on charges he violated probation by smoking crack, running up $6,000 on his mother's credit card and then threatening to torch her house after she turned him in.
But Bowman's big concern was that uncomfortable return ride to prison. He told the court he didn't think he could handle the crowded prison bus and the endless jailhouse transfer points.
In a situation where other defendants might humbly ask a judge for mercy, Bowman asked Higgins to personally drive him back to prison.
The judge instead ordered Bowman to return - by bus - to prison to finish serving 37 months of his supervised release sentence for cocaine distribution. Higgins tacked on another four months, the maximum he could order served consecutively.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny A.M. Koshy suggested the extra time behind bars would give Bowman extra time to think. "I think part of the problem is that Mr. Bowman doesn't do as much thinking as maybe you or I would like him to," Higgins said.
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Gotta love that last comment.