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Illinois man gets 69-year sentence for killing man at party
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 69 years in prison for fatally shooting a man at a party near the University of Illinois.
Robbie Patton was convicted in September of first-degree murder in the 2016 killing of 22-year-old George Korchev and aggravated battery with a firearm for wounding three others. Police say the shooting happened during a fight at the party in Champaign. None of Patton’s victims were in the fight.
He was sentenced Thursday.
Assistant State’s Attorney Scott Larson had requested a 115-year sentence, noting a pattern of wrongdoing including his guilty plea to an aggravated discharge of a firearm charge when he was a minor.
Defence attorney Tony Allegretti asked for 51 years, saying Patton hadn’t planned the shooting and is young.
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