Jun 30, 2008 12:05 pm US/Pacific
Sex Offender Sentenced To 1,330 Years In Prison
MURRIETA, Calif.
-
-
Horace Mann Williams, 44, was sentenced to 1,330 years in prison.
CBS
A 44-year-old convicted sex offender was sentenced Monday to more than a millennium in prison.
Horace Mann Williams was convicted in February of 11 felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 and one count of digital penetration of a child under 14, along with a sentence-enhancing allegation of multiple victims. He molested three girls between 1999 and 2005.
Williams delivered a long diatribe against the court and his attorney before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sherrill Ellsworth handed down a 1,330-year sentence for him.
"You guys are full of it," said an emotional Williams, who broke down and cried during his statement.
Williams claimed his lawyer, Dario Bejarano Jr., did a poor job of representing him. Though he was allowed to have another lawyer, the judge would not grant the defendant a new trial.
The defendant claims that during a period when he was supposedly molesting one of the victims, he was in prison. He also alleged juror misconduct, stating that a potential panelist had made a prejudicial statement before being selected for his trial.
"I will be filing an appeal," an angry Williams said.
Williams spent six years in prison for molestation in the early 1990s.
Click to enlarge
Stumble It!
