LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person serving a minimal of 26 years in jail for attacking a Las Vegas choose final 12 months is interesting his sentence to the Nevada Supreme Courtroom, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
On Jan. 3, 2024, Deobra Redden, 31, attacked Clark County District Courtroom Choose Mary Kay Holthus as Holthus was sentencing him to jail in one other case, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported. In December, District Courtroom Choose Susan Johnson sentenced Redden to a jail time period of 26-65 years.
“It was not just retaliation or an attack on Judge Holthus,” Johnson stated throughout the sentencing. “It was also an attack on the judiciary.” Johnson added medical doctors who evaluated Redden concluded he knew between “right and wrong.”
“I’m not a bad person, I’m not an evil guy,” Redden instructed Johnson earlier than she sentenced him. “I’m not making excuses for my actions, but I’m saying I’m not a bad person and I know that I did not intend to kill Mary Kay Holthus, I know I cared about her wellbeing.”
No different info concerning Redden’s enchantment was filed as of Tuesday night. His household beforehand stated he battled schizophrenia.
Throughout his trial, Redden pleaded responsible however mentally unwell after Holthus and her regulation clerk testified.
5 days after the assault, Holthus sentenced Redden on an tried battery cost.
With credit score for time served, Redden can be eligible for parole within the 2050s ought to the excessive court docket not intervene.
