United States of America v. William Charles Franklin

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of the mails, assault upon a federal officer and aggravated assault and on a federal officer and making threats and racial slurs against a letter carrier and then six months later escalated his threats when he hit the letter carrier.



William Charles Franklin, 37, of Tennille, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 66 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release and pay $5,101.74 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on Aug. 27. In March, Franklin was found guilty at trial of one count of obstruction of the mails, one count of assault upon a federal officer, one count of aggravated assault upon a federal officer and one count of retaliating against a witness. Additionally, Franklin was found guilty of a hate crime enhancement for each of the last three counts. There is no parole in the federal system.

The Defendant was sentenced to 66 months imprisonment to be served concurrently to Counts 1, 2 and 3 for a TOTAL TERM OF IMPRISONMENT of 66 months, 66 months imprisonment to be served concurrently to Counts 1, 2 and 3 for a TOTAL TERM OF IMPRISONMENT of 66 months, $100 mandatory assessment fee - TOTAL MANDATORY ASSESSMENT FEE ALL COUNTS = $310, 3 years supervised release to run concurrently to Counts 2 and 3 for a TOTAL TERM OF SUPERVISED RELEASE of 3 years