Guilty plea in Bryan Stow attack: 8 and 4 year prison terms

[Auggie]

LOS ANGELES -- Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled.

Defendant Marvin Norwood pleaded guilty to one count of assault likely to produce great bodily injury. Defendant Louie Sanchez, saying he kicked and punched Stow, pleaded guilty to one count of mayhem that disabled and disfigured the victim.

Judge George Lomeli excoriated a smirking Sanchez and handed him an eight-year state prison term, with some credit for time served. Norwood received a four-year sentence and credit for time served.

Stow, a 45-year-old paramedic from Santa Cruz who attended the 2011 Opening Day game in Los Angeles between the Dodgers and Giants, was beaten nearly to death in a parking lot after the game. He requires 24-hour-a-day care. The beating prompted public outrage and led to increased security at Dodgers games. A civil suit by Stow is pending against the Dodgers franchise and former owner Frank McCourt.

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Eight and four years? Should have been more. Stow is fucked-up for life.

[joeybee12]

1. I agree...too freaking lenient...nt

[Upton]

2. Looks like a little home cookin'..

They've bungled this case in LA from the beginning. First they arrested the wrong guy and now these two get off with basically a slap on the wrist when you consider they all but ended Stow's life..Meanwhile, who knows who's going to pay his medical bills.

[Auggie]

4. Civil trial to come ...

could help with the medical bills.

[madinmaryland]

3. That's fucked up. They damn near killed him.

I don't recall there ever being any evidence that the victim instigated it, which should be irrelevant anyhow.