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Man pleads guilty to beating up another
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Posted on Nov 22 2006
One of two men convicted in the kidnapping and attempted murder of a gas attendant pleaded guilty yesterday to beating up a man convicted of murder.
James C. Ordillano and counsel entered a plea agreement with the government and pleaded guilty to assault and battery.
Superior Court associate judge David A. Wiseman accepted Ordillano plea and sentenced him to one year in prison.
Following the agreement, Wiseman said the sentence shall run concurrently with the sentence imposed on Ordillano in the attempted murder case.
This means that the defendant will serve the one-year sentence within the 15 years he has been serving for the previous case.
Ordillano and Gerald C. Sablan were charged with assault and battery for assaulting Francisco A. Pua at the Department of Corrections on Jan. 16, 2006.
Ordillano entered a plea agreement. The trial of Sablan was set for Dec. 4, 2006.
The Attorney General’s Office originally charged the two defendants with assault and battery, and assault with a dangerous weapon.
The AGO alleged that the defendants punched Pua in the face. They also allegedly struck Pua in the head using a metal object.
Last month, Superior Court associate judge Juan T. Lizama imposed a 50-year prison sentence Pua for the murder of a poker attendant in Tanapag in 2002.
On the other hand, Ordillano and Sablan were convicted in the kidnapping and attempted murder of gas attendant Marvin Mendiola on Aug. 5, 2005.
Ordillano, who entered a guilty plea, was sentenced to 15 years without parole. Sablan, who was convicted by a jury, was sentenced last September to life imprisonment.
