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DPP Displeased With 3 Months For Attempted Murder
posted (May 21, 2014)

In December of 2001, Wilbert Cuellar was the beneficiary of the rarest thing: a stroke of judicial generosity. Â He was convicted of the attempted murder of Josue Chay, but trial judge Justice Dennis Hannomansingh said it was unjust. Â So he invoked what’s called “inherent jurisdictionâ€￾ to set Cuellar free without a day served behind bars. Â Well, in March the DPP challenged it in the court of appeal where the judges ordered that Hannomansingh pass an appropriate sentence. 

So today the matter went back to the Northern Session of the Supreme Court, where Hannomansingh passed what he felt was an appropriate sentence: he sentenced Cuellar to three months – which is the time between when the Court of Appeal made the order, and the day on which it went to court. 

But the DPP says she is compelled to appeal a sentence of 3 months for an attempt to murder. Â Wilbert Cuellar allegedly picked up a cement brick to knock out Chay so that Darwin Diaz could chop him repeatedly. Â Diaz was sentenced to 12 years in prison. 

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