Friday, July 30, 2010
Charleston Attorney Sentenced To Home Confinement
WEST VIRGINIA....
Charleston attorney Joshua Robinson entered a Kennedy plea to a felony charge of unlawful wounding in April after being accused of beat his client, David Lee Gump II, with a baseball bat. This week, he was given one to five years of home confinement. In exchange for the plea, charges of embezzlement, obstructing justice and bond violation against Robinson were dropped. Gump hired Robinson to settle his grandfather's estate after the man died in November 2009. On December 3rd Gump went to Robinson's house to confront him after he cashed a check from the estate. Gump said he was at the house to retrieve lockboxes he'd given Robinson, but Robinson said he thought Gump had broken into his home. Since the incident, Robinson has lost his license to practice law, though there is a mitigation hearing into the matter in August. The judge wants to be advised of Robinson's compliance with home confinement every six months, and says he would consider reducing the judgment to probation or parole in the future.
Charleston attorney Joshua Robinson entered a Kennedy plea to a felony charge of unlawful wounding in April after being accused of beat his client, David Lee Gump II, with a baseball bat. This week, he was given one to five years of home confinement. In exchange for the plea, charges of embezzlement, obstructing justice and bond violation against Robinson were dropped. Gump hired Robinson to settle his grandfather's estate after the man died in November 2009. On December 3rd Gump went to Robinson's house to confront him after he cashed a check from the estate. Gump said he was at the house to retrieve lockboxes he'd given Robinson, but Robinson said he thought Gump had broken into his home. Since the incident, Robinson has lost his license to practice law, though there is a mitigation hearing into the matter in August. The judge wants to be advised of Robinson's compliance with home confinement every six months, and says he would consider reducing the judgment to probation or parole in the future.
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