MILLERSBURG —Following a series of actions crafted to mimic the original intent of the court, a former Millersburg man on Tuesday was sentenced to time served, and released from prison, for admittedly making and possessing meth in the vicinity of a school and juveniles in 2010.
For the second time in a month, Delane A. Goodwin, 43, who has been serving his sentence at Richland Correctional Institution, sat in Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Rinfret’s courtroom. First returned to the court in May for a judicial release hearing, Goodwin on Tuesday withdrew his initial guilty plea to felony charges of illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine and child endangering.
He immediately pleaded guilty to felony counts of assembly and possession of meth, as well as a reduced count of child endangering, and Rinfret adopted a joint …show more content…
In reviewing Goodwin’s behavior in prison, Rinfret said, he was impressed with his participation in countless programs. “I reward people who do what you did in prison.”
In imposing the eight-year sentence, Rinfret gave Goodwin credit for time served and suspended the balance of the prison term in favor of five years of community control sanctions.
“I hope I’m doing the right thing. I hope you’re the poster boy for what I’m doing,” Rinfret told Goodwin, who assured him he was so. Any violation, he said, could trigger imposition of the remainder of the prison sentence.
In 2010, Goodwin and a female codefendant were sentenced to prison for making methamphetamine in the presence of a juvenile. They lived in the 200 block of Millersburg’s Walnut Street at the time. The residence had been raided July 23, 2010, by agents from the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement
For the second time in a month, Delane A. Goodwin, 43, who has been serving his sentence at Richland Correctional Institution, sat in Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Rinfret’s courtroom. First returned to the court in May for a judicial release hearing, Goodwin on Tuesday withdrew his initial guilty plea to felony charges of illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine and child endangering.
He immediately pleaded guilty to felony counts of assembly and possession of meth, as well as a reduced count of child endangering, and Rinfret adopted a joint …show more content…
In reviewing Goodwin’s behavior in prison, Rinfret said, he was impressed with his participation in countless programs. “I reward people who do what you did in prison.”
In imposing the eight-year sentence, Rinfret gave Goodwin credit for time served and suspended the balance of the prison term in favor of five years of community control sanctions.
“I hope I’m doing the right thing. I hope you’re the poster boy for what I’m doing,” Rinfret told Goodwin, who assured him he was so. Any violation, he said, could trigger imposition of the remainder of the prison sentence.
In 2010, Goodwin and a female codefendant were sentenced to prison for making methamphetamine in the presence of a juvenile. They lived in the 200 block of Millersburg’s Walnut Street at the time. The residence had been raided July 23, 2010, by agents from the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement