Sharp sentenced to 15 years on 2nd degree murder charge from fatal wreck
Sharp
January 6, 2015
Charlea Mills
Brian Sharp, 33, of Seligman, was officially sentenced in court last month for the wreck that took the life of Kenneth Patterson, 48. Sharp was sentenced to 15 years incarceration with the Department of Corrections of second degree murder and four years for each driving while revoked and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident charge, all to run concurrently.
On August 3, 2014, the Missouri State Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle wreck on Missouri 90 west of Washburn. At the scene, the troopers found a crashed Corvette with beer cans littered on the ground and the passenger dead inside the car. The driver had fled the scene, presumably on foot.
The car was registered to Sharp’s mother, June Sharp, who said that Brian had been in possession of the car. When the trooper called the cell phone number June gave him for Brian, the phone recovered at the scene of the accident started ringing.
Sharp was originally charged with murder in the second degree, driving while revoked and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident on August 7, 2014. Judge Victor Head issued a warrant for his arrest with a $100,000 cash-only bond.
Sharp waived his jury trial on October 20, 2015, and entered a plea of guilty for the charges. Prosecuting Attorney Amy Boxx entered a plea that capped Sharp’s murder sentence at 15 years; he could have gotten up to 30 years for just that charge.
Judge Jack Goodman made the sentence official on December 22. Kenneth Patterson’s son, Nick Patterson, filed a claim against Sharp for vehicular injury for his father’s death on August 26, 2015. A hearing for that filing is set of Friday, January 15, in front of Judge Robert Foulke.
Charlea Mills
Brian Sharp, 33, of Seligman, was officially sentenced in court last month for the wreck that took the life of Kenneth Patterson, 48. Sharp was sentenced to 15 years incarceration with the Department of Corrections of second degree murder and four years for each driving while revoked and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident charge, all to run concurrently.
On August 3, 2014, the Missouri State Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle wreck on Missouri 90 west of Washburn. At the scene, the troopers found a crashed Corvette with beer cans littered on the ground and the passenger dead inside the car. The driver had fled the scene, presumably on foot.
The car was registered to Sharp’s mother, June Sharp, who said that Brian had been in possession of the car. When the trooper called the cell phone number June gave him for Brian, the phone recovered at the scene of the accident started ringing.
Sharp was originally charged with murder in the second degree, driving while revoked and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident on August 7, 2014. Judge Victor Head issued a warrant for his arrest with a $100,000 cash-only bond.
Sharp waived his jury trial on October 20, 2015, and entered a plea of guilty for the charges. Prosecuting Attorney Amy Boxx entered a plea that capped Sharp’s murder sentence at 15 years; he could have gotten up to 30 years for just that charge.
Judge Jack Goodman made the sentence official on December 22. Kenneth Patterson’s son, Nick Patterson, filed a claim against Sharp for vehicular injury for his father’s death on August 26, 2015. A hearing for that filing is set of Friday, January 15, in front of Judge Robert Foulke.
