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Burdette sentenced on revocation
By JEFFREY SAULTON
POSTED: March 28, 2008
PARKERSBURG — Home confinement was revoked Thursday for a Davisville man who drove his truck into floodwaters earlier this month.
Joseph Jack Burdette II, 29, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane to the original sentence of one year in the regional jail. According to police reports, on March 3 Burdette drove a Chevrolet half-ton, four-wheel-drive pickup truck past the high-water signs on Nicolette Road and into about four feet of floodwater.
On a portable intoxilyzer at the scene he tested at .184 blood alcohol content but refused a test on the intoxilyzer at the sheriff’s office. He was charged with third-offense driving under the influence. According to court records, at the time Burdette said he had consumed several beers.
Burdette did not deny the allegations in the petition filed by the adult probation office, which stated he violated the terms of his home confinement by consuming alcohol and breaking the law.
Burdette was sentenced Sept. 13, 2007 to one year in the North Central Regional Jail to be served on home confinement after he entered an Alford plea to second-offense driving under the influence, a lesser included offense to third-offense driving under the influence. He was indicted by the March 2007 grand jury.
In an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit wrongdoing but admits a conviction is likely based on the state’s evidence. After the plea, the court treats the defendant as if a guilty plea was entered.
In another hearing, Eric Patrick Townsend, 28, 4307 1/2 14th Ave., Parkersburg, was sentenced after his January plea of guilty to burglary as charged in a bill of information. Beane sentenced Townsend to one to 15 years in prison with credit for two days served suspended for two years probation.
Joseph Jack Burdette II, 29, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane to the original sentence of one year in the regional jail. According to police reports, on March 3 Burdette drove a Chevrolet half-ton, four-wheel-drive pickup truck past the high-water signs on Nicolette Road and into about four feet of floodwater.
On a portable intoxilyzer at the scene he tested at .184 blood alcohol content but refused a test on the intoxilyzer at the sheriff’s office. He was charged with third-offense driving under the influence. According to court records, at the time Burdette said he had consumed several beers.
Burdette did not deny the allegations in the petition filed by the adult probation office, which stated he violated the terms of his home confinement by consuming alcohol and breaking the law.
Burdette was sentenced Sept. 13, 2007 to one year in the North Central Regional Jail to be served on home confinement after he entered an Alford plea to second-offense driving under the influence, a lesser included offense to third-offense driving under the influence. He was indicted by the March 2007 grand jury.
In an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit wrongdoing but admits a conviction is likely based on the state’s evidence. After the plea, the court treats the defendant as if a guilty plea was entered.
In another hearing, Eric Patrick Townsend, 28, 4307 1/2 14th Ave., Parkersburg, was sentenced after his January plea of guilty to burglary as charged in a bill of information. Beane sentenced Townsend to one to 15 years in prison with credit for two days served suspended for two years probation.
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