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| Gouverneur inmate pleads guilty to forgery prior to trial |
| By watertowndailytimes.com- W.T. Eckert |
| Published: 01/14/2016 |
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CANTON — An inmate at the Gouverneur Correctional Facility pleaded guilty to forgery Wednesday in St. Lawrence County just before he was to be headed to trial. Robert A. Horton, 39, pleaded guilty to felony second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, moments before jury selection was to begin for his trial. In June 2014, Mr. Horton had an order he claimed was issued by the Chemung County Court bearing the false signature of County Judge Richard Rich, which was subsequently filed in the St. Lawrence County Clerk’s office without legal right to do so. Prior to his plea, Mr. Horton, who was serving his second felony sentence at the time he was charged, was guaranteed that he would not be treated as a persistent felony offender, which would result in him facing a possible life sentence, his attorney, Bradford C. Riendeau said. No commitment has been made to what his sentence will be. He faces up to seven years in prison as a second felony offender. Read More. |
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