LaPointe pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with prosecutors in December 2014 [he was sentenced to 20 years in prison], but in July Des Moines defense attorney Alfredo Parrish filed an application for post-conviction relief on LaPointe’s behalf in an attempt to get his convictions reversed and a new trial. Among other things, the application claims that LaPointe’s first attorney was ineffective for agreeing to waive a pre-sentence investigation report that could have won a more favorable sentence for him.
A judge is currently scheduled to hear arguments on LaPointe’s application at a non-jury trial in July. In court documents, LaPointe has written that his wife in New York remained “supportive” of him throughout the criminal proceedings. He’s blamed the assault on his struggles with alcohol.
“I wake up every morning and go to bed each night reminded of my actions and feel nothing but remorse,” he wrote in one document. “I am forever reminded each and every day of the life choices I made.”
Gee LaPointe, you think maybe the reason you “feel nothing but remorse” is because you “wake up every morning and go to bed each night” in prison? That’s my guess. As far as being “forever reminded each and every day of the life choices” you made, that’s what prison is all about. Deal with it.
I hope for Ms. Marchionda’s sake that LaPointe is not granted a new trial. Let the woman recover and move forward.
Is this also a work comp claims since she was in that terrible situation in the course of her employment? Poor woman.
From the Des Moines Register:
LaPointe pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with prosecutors in December 2014 [he was sentenced to 20 years in prison], but in July Des Moines defense attorney Alfredo Parrish filed an application for post-conviction relief on LaPointe’s behalf in an attempt to get his convictions reversed and a new trial. Among other things, the application claims that LaPointe’s first attorney was ineffective for agreeing to waive a pre-sentence investigation report that could have won a more favorable sentence for him.
A judge is currently scheduled to hear arguments on LaPointe’s application at a non-jury trial in July. In court documents, LaPointe has written that his wife in New York remained “supportive” of him throughout the criminal proceedings. He’s blamed the assault on his struggles with alcohol.
“I wake up every morning and go to bed each night reminded of my actions and feel nothing but remorse,” he wrote in one document. “I am forever reminded each and every day of the life choices I made.”
Gee LaPointe, you think maybe the reason you “feel nothing but remorse” is because you “wake up every morning and go to bed each night” in prison? That’s my guess. As far as being “forever reminded each and every day of the life choices” you made, that’s what prison is all about. Deal with it.
I hope for Ms. Marchionda’s sake that LaPointe is not granted a new trial. Let the woman recover and move forward.