A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy whose original felony conviction for assaulting and pepper-spraying a suspect was reduced to a misdemeanor by a federal judge was sentenced Monday to four months behind bars.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson last week granted in part the government’s motion to dismiss the allegations in Trevor Kirk’s indictment that raised his conviction from a misdemeanor to a felony. While the court tossed the felony allegations, it did not strike any portion of the jury verdict, which found Kirk guilty of using unreasonable force.
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However, Wilson did reject a portion of the post-conviction plea deal that stipulated a sentence of one year probation for the misdemeanor conviction.
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