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Friday, December 04, 2009
Ind. Law - More on "Ex-state rep. Oxley charged over claim"
Updating this ILB entry from July 1, 2009, Rick Callahan of the AP reports:
INDIANAPOLIS – The 2008 Democratic candidate for Indiana’s lieutenant governor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge that he misrepresented himself as a state legislator last summer to avoid arrest for public intoxication.Former state Rep. Dennie Oxley II, 38, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge during a court hearing originally set to consider a defense motion to suppress evidence in the case.
A Marion County judge who accepted the plea gave Oxley a one-year jail sentence, suspending all but two days, which he has already served. Oxley also was ordered to serve 90 days of probation in Crawford County, where he lives. * * *
After Wednesday’s hearing, Marion County prosecutor’s office spokesman Mario Massillamany said he believed Oxley pleaded guilty because he realized he couldn’t successfully fight the charge.
Oxley’s attorney, Richard Kammen, said his client entered the plea only because he wants to spend as much time as possible with his 60-year-old father, state Rep. Dennie Oxley, D-Taswell, who was hospitalized in November after going into cardiac arrest.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 4, 2009 10:08 AM
Posted to Indiana Law