Saturday, January 16, 2010
Barboursville Man Sentenced
WEST VIRGINIA....
Cabell County prosecutors say Jonathan Gene Adkins of Barboursville, West Virginia fatally shot 40 year old Jerry Eaves in the driveway of Eaves' home along Heath Creek Road in the Pine Acres subdivision off Route 10 on October 3, 2007. Police say Eaves received a gunshot wound to the chest following a dispute involving, among other things, a $35 debt.In November, Adkins entered a Kennedy plea to second degree murder. Friday, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Cabell Circuit Judge Dan O'Hanlon told Adkins, "There is no justification for what you did." Adkins' first opportunity for parole will be in 10 years. and he could discharge the sentence in 15 years with good behavior.
Cabell County prosecutors say Jonathan Gene Adkins of Barboursville, West Virginia fatally shot 40 year old Jerry Eaves in the driveway of Eaves' home along Heath Creek Road in the Pine Acres subdivision off Route 10 on October 3, 2007. Police say Eaves received a gunshot wound to the chest following a dispute involving, among other things, a $35 debt.In November, Adkins entered a Kennedy plea to second degree murder. Friday, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Cabell Circuit Judge Dan O'Hanlon told Adkins, "There is no justification for what you did." Adkins' first opportunity for parole will be in 10 years. and he could discharge the sentence in 15 years with good behavior.
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