How to resolve AdBlock issue? Judge Stephen Hedstrom gave the sentence to Patrick McDaniel Sr., 46, in connection with the 2008 shooting of Patrick O’Connor Sr., also of Clearlake Oaks.
McDaniel is alleged to have pistol-whipped and then shot O’Connor in the chest the day before Thanksgiving on Nov. 26, 2008, outside the home of O’Connor’s next-door neighbor on Second Street. O’Connor survived the attack.
Defense attorney William Conwell represented McDaniel at trial, and defense attorneys Komnith Moth and Thomas Quinn represented McDaniel Sr. at sentencing.
Deputy District Attorney Sharon Lerman-Hubert prosecuted the case on behalf of the Lake County District Attorney’s Office.
In October 2009, a jury found McDaniel guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm. McDaniel also was found guilty of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of ammunition by a felon and carrying a loaded firearm.
In addition, the jury found true special allegations that McDaniel personally used a firearm in the commission of the crime, intentionally discharged a firearm and caused great bodily injury to the victim.
After the shooting, McDaniel fled to Las Vegas, Nev., where he was captured by U.S. Marshals the following month, officials reported. During that time he failed to appear for sentencing on a felony drug possession case. As a result he was additionally charged with felony failure to appear.
McDaniel was sentenced in all three cases on Wednesday, the District Attorney's Office reported.
At sentencing, prosecutor Lerman-Hubert argued that McDaniel should receive the upper term, a total of 20 years in prison, due to the callous nature of the crime, his flight to another state and a lengthy criminal history dating back to1983.
Judge Hedstrom sentenced McDaniel to the upper term, citing the seriousness of the crime and McDaniel's lengthy record, which included felony convictions and violent conduct.
McDaniel will be eligible for parole in 2025.
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