A Hutchinson woman convicted for the shooting of a Hutchinson area man back on January 30, was sentenced Friday to 77-months in prison by District Judge Tim Chambers.
Barbara Youngblood had entered a “no contest” plea to attempted 2nd degree murder and a “guilty” plea to aggravated robbery back in September.
She had faced charges of attempted 1st degree murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated battery for shooting Kevin Tinin while in his home east of Hutchinson. With the plea, the burglary and battery charges were dropped.
Judge Chambers sentenced her to 77-months for the attempted murder count and 59-months for the aggravated robbery. He then ran the sentences concurrent to each other for a total of 77-months or 6-years, 5-months. What helped her get a fairly light sentence was her lack of criminal history.
She did apologize for her actions prior to the sentence being handed down. Judge Chambers told the defendant that a lot of people have had a rough life, but don’t shoot people and leave them for dead. He also noted the robbery was probably an after thought.
He also ordered that Youngblood pay 25-thousand dollars in restitution to the victim who nearly died as a result of the shooting.
The case centers on the victim phoning 911 and told of being shot. After a search by various law enforcement officers, he was located in a wooded area and flown to a Wichita hospital. He was shot in the lower stomach with the bullet exiting his leg.