Wednesday, March 11, 2009
 
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Lincoln man sentenced to 30 years on abuse charges

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[March 11, 2009]  Yesterday, Judge Thomas Harris sentenced James T. Frizzell, 44, of Lincoln to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

InsuranceFrizzell had been charged with three counts of predatory criminal sexual abuse of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of criminal sexual assault. The charges stem from Frizzel being accused of abusing a 12-year-old girl.

On Dec. 18, 2008, Frizzell pleaded guilty to one count of predatory criminal sexual abuse of a child and one count of criminal sexual assault.

If Frizzell had chosen to plead not guilty, he would have gone before a jury, and if found guilty, a life sentence would have been possible. 

In exchange for his guilty plea, the Logan County state's attorney agreed to drop the other three charges and that he would not request more than 30 years in prison. Assistant State's Attorney Jonathan Wright argued for imposition of the 30-year sentence.

On the charge of predatory criminal sexual abuse of a child, the court sentenced Frizzell to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of mandatory supervised release.

On the charge of criminal sexual assault, the court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of mandatory supervised release.

The law requires that these two sentences run consecutively, which means that he was given the 30-year sentence.

In addition, Frizzell was ordered to pay court costs and other fees associated with his sentence.

[Text from file from Michael D. McIntosh, Logan County state's attorney; LDN staff]

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