SYRACUSE - A man convicted of drunken driving for the fourth time since he caused a 1981 crash that killed four people was sentenced Wednesday to from 1 1/3 to four years in state prison.
Robert Madison told Onondaga County Judge Joseph Fahey that he had found God in recovery and wanted one more chance, but Fahey ignored his plea and imposed the maximum sentence that he could.
“Forewarned is forearmed. If you get convicted of drunk driving again, I'm going to send you to prison for the rest of your life,” said Fahey, who disregarded a county probation department report that recommended a six-month sentence at a shock camp.
Madison, 46, of Onondaga, was pulled over for driving without his headlights on at 1 a.m. on April 9.
A jury found him guilty of driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.13 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
He admitted to police he had 10 to 12 beers.
“Forewarned is forearmed. If you get convicted of drunk driving again, I'm going to send you to prison for the rest of your life,” said Fahey, who disregarded a county probation department report that recommended a six-month sentence at a shock camp.
Madison, 46, of Onondaga, was pulled over for driving without his headlights on at 1 a.m. on April 9.
A jury found him guilty of driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.13 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
He admitted to police he had 10 to 12 beers.
