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Friday, August 08, 2008
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Plea deal pulled in attorney sex-attack case
Updating earlier ILB entries, Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reported Aug. 7th in a story that begins:
In a second deal with prosecutors, New Albany attorney Anthony Wallingford has agreed to plead guilty to sexual battery in connection with an attack on a 16-year-old girl at her Elizabeth home last year.The plea-bargain reached with Special Prosecutor David Powell in Harrison County would allow Wallingford to avoid a potentially lengthy prison sentence, but he would be required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
Powell withdrew an earlier agreement -- which would have avoided the sex-offender registration requirement by eliminating sex from the charges -- largely because the victim objected.
Wallingford's attorney, James Voyles, did not return a call yesterday seeking comment on the new deal. Powell declined to comment except to confirm that a guilty plea to sexual battery would trigger the 10-year registration requirement.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 8, 2008 09:03 AM
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