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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Ind. Courts - Delaware Circuit Judge Robert Barnet Jr. issues final sentence
Douglas Walker reports today in the Muncie Star-Press in a story that begins:
MUNCIE -- Convicted felon Darin Joe Wooten had a final comment Tuesday for Judge Robert Barnet Jr., who had just sent him to prison for the second time in 21 years."Have a happy retirement, judge," a handcuffed Wooten said as he was led from the Delaware Circuit Court 3 courtroom by deputies.
Wooten -- given a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to burglary and other charges -- proved to be the last of hundreds of criminals sent to prison by Barnet over the past three decades.
The 62-year-old judge is retiring today after serving five six-year terms on the bench.
"I'm going to miss all of you people," Barnet told a group of court employees and others who entered the courtroom after the Wooten hearing and gave the judge a round of applause.
"But I'm not going to miss what I've been doing," he added, referring to four sentencing hearings conducted Tuesday.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 31, 2008 08:27 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts