Joyce Malone will spend the next 10 years behind bars. The Oswego Town woman was sentenced this morning (April 12) in Oswego County Court. Oswego County Judge Walt Hafner also sentenced her to five years of probation upon her release from state prison. Malone, 70, of Tug Hill Road in Oswego Town, was convicted in January of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband, Ralph.
Joyce Malone had her sentencing postponed once again. In Oswego County Court this morning (April 8), her attorney Jim Eby, told Oswego County Court Judge Walt Hafner that his client had been hospitalized on Monday. She is hooked up to IVs in Oswego Hospital, he said.
UPDATED: Oswego County Court Judge Walter Hafner has postponed the sentencing of Joyce Malone until next month. Malone, who was convicted Jan. 24 in the shooting death of her husband, appeared in court today (March 7) with her attorney, James Eby. The defense attorney explained that his client is undergoing treatment for an inoperable cancer. An interruption in the treatments now, he said, “would be life-threatening.”
UPDATE: Joyce Malone’s fate is now in the hands of the jury. Deliberations get under way next week when court resumes.
Assistant District Attorney Gregory Oakes wrapped up his case against Joyce Malone on Wednesday. The defense will continue calling witnesses on Thursday. Malone is accused of killing her husband last March in their Oswego Town home. The trial is likely to last through early next week.
The Oswego Town woman was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of her husband in their home on March 19.
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