UPDATE: Seabeck Man Sentenced to More than 18 Years in Father’s Death
April 6th, 2009 by josh farley
Martin Warren, who pleaded guilty last month to the second-degree murder of his father after his first conviction for the crime was overturned on appeal, was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison Monday morning.
Judge M. Karlynn Haberly called it “a very tragic case.” And while she felt sympathy for Warren, 39, due to some of the actions of the father he ultimately killed, the judge felt justice demanded the sentence.
“The things that Martin Warren’s father did … were horrific to say the least, ” she said. “But he does deserve to be punished for this crime.”
Warren (left) was convicted of first-degree murder in October 2006 and he was sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of his father, 61-year-old Russell Warren, at their Seabeck home.
But the District II Court of Appeals in Tacoma overturned that conviction, saying that Warren’s attorney led jurors to believe that their only options in the case were a conviction on first-degree murder charges or “outright acquittal.” The appeals court said that constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.
As stated in the previous story, Warren was arrested by Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputies on Oct. 11, 2004, in the death of his father, who had been shot to death as he watched TV at the family’s Komichan Lane home.
Warren pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of meth. Deputy Prosecutor Chad Enright said he’ll recommend a 20-year sentence.
Kitsap County Superior Court Judge M. Karlynn Haberly will have a range of 144 months to 244 months when Warren is sentenced April 6.
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