Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Pontoon Doctor Sentenced To Five Years
KENTUCKY...
A central Kentucky doctor convicted of killing his wife by running her down with a pontoon boat has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Boyle Circuit Judge Darren Peckler followed the jury's recommendation in sentencing Steven Hall on Tuesday.
A jury convicted Hall of second-degree manslaughter in the death of his wife, Isabel Lynn Hall, who was run over on Herrington Lake in May 2009 by a pontoon boat her husband was driving. Steven Hall has maintained the death was accidental.
The judge refused a defense request to probate the sentence, citing the "seriousness of the offense."
Hall's attorney says his client has been incarcerated since last May and will be eligible for a parole hearing within six weeks.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 2:04 PM 
