2022-10-10
States successfully appeals one-year sentence for drugs and cash haul
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: In February of this year, Judge Dara Hayes sentenced Rakovac to two years and six months but suspended the final 18 months, which the State appealed as being an unduly lenient sentence. Judge Hayes said he would sentence Rakovac to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment, suspending the last 18 months to encourage Rakovac on a path away from drugs.