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August 31, 2006

State objects to Biechele motion to lessen sentence

PROVIDENCE -- The state Attorney General's Office has objected formally to Daniel M. Biechele's motion to reduce his sentence of four years to serve at the Adult Correctional Institutions.

Biechele, 29, of Winter Springs, Fla., was the band manager who shot off fireworks that ignited The Station nightclub fire that killed 100 people in February 2003. His attorneys filed a one-sentence motion with the court last week seeking to reduce his sentence, which was applied in May after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges.

Today, the state filed a motion objecting to the reduction.

"The sentence that the court imposed was well-reasoned and appropriate under all the circumstances," reads the state's motion. "There has been no change in circumstances since the imposition of the defendant's sentence that would in any way warrant a reduction...The state submits that no factual or legal basis exists to alter the sentence..."

Biechele's attorney said he filed the motion to beat a court deadline. He has not asked the court to schedule a hearing on the matter.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 6:48 PM | Permalink

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