UPDATE: BRYANT RHOADES APPEARED IN MERCER COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT ON TUESDAY TO ACCEPT A PLEA DEAL IN THE 2011 GRUBE DOUBLE MURDER CASE. IN THE DEAL, RHOADES AGREED TO ENTER ALFORD PLEAS OF GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED MURDER, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY. THE ALFORD PLEAS ALLOWED RHOADES TO MAINTAIN HIS INNOCENCE WHILE AKNOWLEDGING THAT THE STATE HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT HIM. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PLEAS, THE STATE DID NOT SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY. AFTER THE PLEAS WERE ENTERED, THE THREE JUDGE PANEL SENTENCED RHOADES TO TWO LIFE SENTENCES IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE PLUS 36 ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR OTHER CHARGES. RHOADES HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A 3 YEAR SENTENCE FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:35:37 +0000
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