A Las Vegas man who leaped over a desk to assault a judge during a courtroom session was given a minimum of 26 years in prison.
In court, Deobra Redden stated that he did not intend to kill the judge.
A man from Las Vegas who was caught on video jumping over a bench and desk in a courtroom and attacking a judge was sentenced to at least 26 years in prison on Tuesday.
According to KLAS-TV, Deobra Redden, 31, was sentenced to between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the January 3 attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus.
In September, Redden pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges after Holthus testified that she feared for her life when Redden jumped over her 4-foot-high bench and landed on her.
As Holthus was preparing to deliver Redden's sentence in a separate felony battery case, the attack occurred.
Video footage from the courtroom captured Holthus being pushed back against a wall by Redden, who then jumped over her bench and grabbed her hair, causing an American flag to fall on them. Despite sustaining injuries, Holthus did not require hospitalization.
According to his defense lawyer, Carl Arnold, Redden did not take his prescribed medication for schizophrenia before committing the attack.
Arnold stated that Redden's guilty plea in September represented a balance between admitting fault for a regrettable incident and acknowledging the influence of Redden's untreated mental illness at the time.
In court on Tuesday, Redden stated that he did not intend to kill Holthus, as reported by KLAS-TV.
He informed the court that he was not admitting fault for his actions, but he was asserting that he was not a malicious individual and had no intention of killing Mary Kay Holthus.
Redden will be eligible for parole sometime after 2050.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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