Guilty On Top Counts, Bush Looking At Life In Prison
Published: October 29th, 2008
By: Tyler Murphy

Guilty on top counts, Bush looking at life in prison

NORWICH – Monday afternoon, a jury began deliberating and by Tuesday morning at 10:10 returned with convictions on several of the top felony charges against James F. Bush – including burglary, criminal possession of a weapon and attempted robbery, all in the first degree.

First Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee said Bush now faces up to 25 years to life in prison because he is a “discretionary persistent” offender with multiple convictions in his past, including two terms in state prison.

“He is what you call a career criminal and the community will be a safer place without him in it,” said Dunshee.

Dunshee thanked the jury for their service in the eight-day trial which had been unexpectedly draw out a week longer because the attorneys exhausted the original jury pool, he said.

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