Palm Coast Man Gets 15-Year Sentence For Stabbing
POSTED: Friday, May 16, 2008
BUNNELL, Fla. -- A Palm Coast man who repeatedly stabbed another man during a fight is facing 10 years in prison and five years of probation.Ryan Eldridge, 21, was sentenced Thursday in Bunnell for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.He stabbed 31-year-old Marvin Carlin four times during a 2006 brawl.The victim testified that he lost his analytical abilities after a massive stroke brought on by the stab wounds.Assistant State Attorney Steve Gosney said this would have been a murder case had emergency responders not stepped in.Eldridge's attorney lost the argument to sentence Eldridge under the Florida Youthful Offenders Act, which allows a maximum six-year sentence for offenders who broke the law before their 21st birthday.Carlin said he had hoped Eldridge would get life in prison but thought the judge made a good decision.
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