Crime & Safety
Judge Rejects Plea Deal In Deadly Palm Beach Crash
We're talking about four destroyed families, and I just have some real issues with only a 10-year sentence," the judge said.
April 19, 2022
A plea deal worked out by prosecutors and attorneys for an 18-year-old accused of killing four people in a crash last year has been rejected by the judge.
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On Monday, Palm Beach Circuit Judge Howard Coates said the 10-year prison sentence is too lenient and told the lawyers to either reach a new deal for Christopher Garrett Jr. or prepare to go to trial.
“We’re talking about four deaths. We’re talking about four destroyed families, and I just have some real issues with only a 10-year sentence,” the judge said.
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