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ST. GEORGE — The state prevailed during a sentencing hearing in 5th District Court last week in a case involving a defendant who attempted to grab an officer's duty weapon during a DUI arrest last year.
Jason Jay Ashley, 33, appeared on two charges via video Wednesday for a sentencing hearing before Judge G. Michael Westfall — first-degree felony of disarming a police officer, as well as a misdemeanor DUI with a minor in the vehicle.
Westfall entertained pre-sentencing arguments from the prosecution and the defense and ultimately sentenced Ashley to serve five years to life in Utah State Prison on the first-degree felony, and a year on the misdemeanor DUI charge. Both sentences were ordered to be served concurrently in prison.
The defendant remains in Purgatory Correctional Facility, where he has been housed since his arrest, until he is transported to Utah State Prison.
At the time the case was filed, the defendant faced four other misdemeanors as well, including failing to stop at command of law enforcement and three traffic-related offenses.
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