Montana Teen Sentenced for Hitting Jogger

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

(8:59 AM ET)

The Associated Press

Emanuel was hospitalized for 24 days with six fractured vertebrae, four fractures in her pelvis, a collapsed lung, three broken ribs and other injuries. As with all juvenile sentences, Robbins' will automatically be reviewed before he turns 21 in November 2007.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- AP
A teen who wrote about wanting to do ``horrible things'' was sentenced to 50 years in prison for trying to kill a woman by driving up onto a sidewalk to hit her with his sport utility vehicle.

District Judge Kenneth Neill sentenced Daniel Robbins to 80 years, with 30 years suspended, for attempted murder. Robbins pleaded guilty in February.

Police say Robbins, now 17, told investigators he tried to kill Patty Emanuel, 40, while she was jogging last May 27 because he wanted to have sex with her corpse.

``Mental health is no excuse for this act,'' Neill said. ``He knew what he was doing.''

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