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April 7, 2021
A Janesville man receives a 10-year prison sentence for a 2020 homicide.
25-year-old Corvasie Weaver pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree reckless homicide for the shooting death of 40-year-old James Chestnut.
Assistant District Attorney Mary Bricco accused Weaver of diverting blame for his actions in this incident and others.
She noted that he fled the area after the shooting and was arrested three months later in Tennessee.
Defense attorney Jason Sanders said Weaver believed the victim to be a violent and dangerous person who he had been in previous altercations with.
Rock County Judge John Wood sentenced him Wednesday to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision.
JANESVILLE
Rock County Judge John Wood sees a lot of different cases, but he said itâs hard to find any more serious than those involving a loss of life.
Everyone who spoke Wednesday in Rock County Court agreed that Corvasie S. Weaver should go to prison for fatally shooting James C. Chestnut III, 40, outside a house party in Janesville in January 2020.
âI regret everything from that night. Iâm very remorseful for what happened that night. I wish I could take it back, but I canât,â Weaver said. âThat decision I made, I have to live with the consequences. Iâm willing to accept my fate, whatever that may be, because I was wrong.â
March 31, 2021
The medical records of a Janesville homicide victim will be sealed as the case proceeds in Rock County Court.
Rock County Judge John Wood granted the prosecution’s motion Wednesday to protect the files of the 15-month-old victim.
31-year-old Steven Horan is charged with first-degree reckless homicide from the incident in March of 2020.
His attorney Matthew Lantta argued that sealing the records would create a burden on Horan to assist in his own defense by limiting his access to key evidence.
Judge Wood cited new victim privacy guidelines put in place by Marcy’s Law, the state constitutional amendment passed by voters last April.