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Man who choked girlfriend seeks break on domestic battery sentence
['Kurt Hildebrand', 'The Record Courier']
Tahoe Daily Tribune
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share via Email Share via SMS Copy LinkAn attorney argued that because a man was sentenced to prison for two felonies for coercion and domestic battery with strangulation, prosecutors couldn’t seek a consecutive sentence for misdemeanor domestic battery and stalking.
• A South Lake Tahoe man is seeking to represent himself in a July 13 felony domestic battery case.
Garret Richard Vanwey, 29, appeared in Tahoe Township Justice Court on Tuesday with attorney Max Stovall prior to a preliminary hearing set for next week.
According to the Sheriff’s Report he is on probation in El Dorado County and has domestic battery convictions in 2020 and 2023.
A third domestic battery in seven years is a felony.