Sears sentenced to 36 years in prison
Randall Sears, 45, convicted in September of two counts of murder in the second degree was sentenced to more than 36 years in prison Monday.By: Jane Lightbourn, The Hastings Star-Gazette
Randall Sears, 45, convicted in September of two counts of murder in the second degree was sentenced to more than 36 years in prison Monday.
Dakota County District Judge Edward Lynch sentenced Sears to 440 months for the August 2008 murder of Minnesota Veterans Home Hastings resident Richard Jackson, 54.
A Dakota County jury convicted Sears Sept. 16 of the second degree (unintentional), murder in the second degree ( intentional), and assault in the first degree in connection with the assault and subsequent death of Jackson. Sears also lived at the Hastings home at the time of the Aug. 4, 2008, incident.
Sears has been lodged in the Dakota County Jail since the incident.
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