Friday Judge Courtney Arkeen of the 128th District Court ruled that two of the six 15-year sentences against Joshua Luke McDonald will be served consecutively. McDonald pleaded guilty in June to six counts of sexual assault involving two females under the age of 17 back in 2011 and 2012. An 8 man, 4 woman jury in the 128th District Court heard evidence Monday and Tuesday during the sentencing phase of the case. The jury deliberated about 3 ½ hours before sentencing McDonald on Wednesday to 15 years in state prison on each of the 6 counts against him. Judge Arkeen’s ruling today was made on a motion by District Attorney Phillip Smith who tried the case for the prosecution. Smith explained he sought to have at least two of the sentences stacked because there were two victims in the case, and thus there should be two punishments, one for each victim in this case.
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