DEFENDANT ADMITS TO 28 HOLDUPS.Byline: Jeannette DeSantis Daily News Staff Writer A Burbank man defending himself in a ``three strikes, you're out'' case agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to 28 counts of robbery in exchange for a 50-year prison term. Donald Sylvester, 43, faced a possible 756 years in prison for a spree of 28 robberies at San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. car dealerships This article is about car dealerships. For the indie pop band, see Dealership (band). A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or , clothing stores and even a pizzeria, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Deputy District Attorney Carol Fisch. Fisch said Sylvester likely will spend the next 40 years in prison before he is eligible for parole. Sylvester has acted as his own attorney since September 1995, a month after his arrest. He had waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was ready to start with trial, but changed his mind at the last minute and agreed to the plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the offered by the prosecution, Fisch said. ``He knew the case wasn't defendable,'' said Fisch. ``I think he just wanted to avail himself any privilege he could before spending the rest of his life in prison.'' Sylvester had access to an errand-runner, a phone, postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way. The best-known stamps:
Sylvester has made one more request from the court: He wants to be married to his co-defendant, Traci Hendricks, 27, of Van Nuys, when he is sentenced May 22 at Van Nuys Superior Court. Hendricks was in custody Wednesday. She is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday to answer to three charges of robbery. Hendricks was in Sylvester's getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite during three robberies, Fisch said. Judge Charles Peven has agreed to perform the ceremony, but only after Sylvester is sentenced, Fisch said. |
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