Davis case closed

AUBURN - A woman who already completed her prison sentence for killing her autistic son in a house fire will not serve additional prison time sought by the Cayuga County District Attorney's Office, a judge ruled Friday.

During Friday's Cayuga County Court hearing, visiting Monroe County Judge Elma Bellini said that while she disagreed with the original six-year prison sentence handed down by former Cayuga County Judge Peter Corning on June 8, 2000, she could not legally give more prison time to Michelle Davis, formerly of Fleming, because the original term was valid, and that she could only impose the post-release supervision that was mistakenly not ordered in the original sentence.

“I have to take into consideration that when (Corning) sat on the case, he had more information than this court and that his sentence, albeit light, fits into the legal range of five to 25 years,” Bellini said.