Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Ammon Judy said during Aaron Black’s Friday sentencing that it was only a matter of time before the 48-year-old shot someone.
The Boise man was sentenced to 25 years in prison with the possibility of parole after five years after he shot and injured one of his then-friends last year. He was convicted of felony aggravated battery after a criminal trial in October.
“This is not the first time that the defendant has been drunk, angry and introduced a firearm. This event has been in the works for years,” Judy said in court. “It was just a matter of time before this defendant shot someone.”
The prosecution asked 4th District Judge James Cawthon to sentence Black to at least 15 years in prison before he’s eligible for parole, and said that despite Black’s minimal criminal history, he’d been in several altercations involving weapons while he was intoxicated.
Black’s public defender Scott Rowley argued that his client had lived “a law-abiding life” up until this shooting and that his family and friends described him as a charitable and kind man. Rowley in turn asked the judge to place Black on probation.