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By JANE BANGLEY
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Rappahannock Circuit Court Judge William Shore Robertson heard a variety of cases during Rappahannock’s term day on Monday, November 12. An habitual offender case was heard, and there was a surprise announcement by Jeffrey Lee Fincham.
Fincham, who escaped last week from the Rappahannock County Jail, was to be sentenced Monday on a breaking and entering charge. Fincham had pled guilty to the charge, and an agreement had been reached between his counsel, Doug Baumgardner, and Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke as to his sentence.
When Judge Robertson asked Fincham if he agreed to the terms of the agreement, however, Fincham said that he did not. He said that he wanted to withdraw his plea of guilty to the charge, and he wanted a new trial. “The only reason I pled guilty to the charge was that they told me that if I didn’t that I’d get another 40 years if I was found guilty,” Fincham said.
Fincham said that he was not guilty of the breaking and entering charge or of any of the other charges that he has already been sentenced for in other counties. Fincham has received 36 years to be served in the state penitentiary for crimes he committed in Warren County and Frederick County.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Luke objected to Fincham’s changing his mind at such a late date. “I think that this is only an attempt on Mr. Fincham’s part to delay Ids being turned over to state authorities,” Luke said. Judge Robertson continued the case
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