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(Continued from Page 1) risk facing the entire 34-year sentence.
Newman’s
Sentence Suspended
In a companion case, the judge sentenced Herman Newman, 23, of Culpeper, to a total of 34 years for the same string of breaking and enterings and grand larceny, then suspended the sentence and placed Newman on five years supervised probation.
Noting that Newman is facing a lengthy sentence from Culpeper for similar offenses, probation officer Dean Hahn reported that the defendant has a serious problem with heroin addiction and wants to get off drugs. He added that Newman has prior felony convictions ranging back to when he was a juvenile.
Newman’s court appointed attorney Lee Albrecht told the judge that he had defended Newman in 1976 on charges of petty larceny and at that point found his client, who then couldn't read, to be “fairly hopeless".
Since then, however, Newman not only has learned to read but has passed the state’s high school equivalency exam, Albrecht noted, adding that he is much more hopeful now regarding Newman’s chances for rehabilitation.
“I do not believe justice would be served by extending your incarceration,” Robertson told Newman, suspending the 34 years awarded the defendant for his crimes in Rappahannock. In addition, he required Newman to pay his pro-rata share of the stolen property’s value and to take part in1 drug counseling and treatment programs. ‘‘You’re 23 years old. You’re a young man," Robertson told the defen-, dant. ‘‘You have an opportunity to become a good and useful citizen,” he said, advising Newman to use his term in the penitentiary to learn a trade. “Hopefully, when you get out, the economy will be better and you’ll have an opportunity to make something of yourself.” In another case, Robertson
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