TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington State Supreme Court has knocked more than 20 years off the prison sentence Zyion Houston-Sconiers received for the 2012 armed robberies of his fellow Tacoma teenagers’ Halloween candy.
The News Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/2ssSIvT ) Pierce County Superior Court Judge John Hickman exercised discretion he didn’t believe he had in 2013 when he originally sentenced the 22-year-old Houston-Sconiers.
Hickman originally sent Houston-Sconiers and another teenage offender to prison for decades because of firearm-sentencing enhancements attached to their offenses.
Houston-Sconiers was originally given a 31-year prison term, but now will serve just four more years to go with the four and a half he has already completed.
On Halloween night in 2012, Houston-Sconiers and Treson Lee Roberts are accused of carrying a revolver around Tacoma streets to rob teenagers of candy, cellphones and other items.
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Information from: The News Tribune, https://www.thenewstribune.com
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