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Man sentenced to 32 years in CO assault

Convicted of two counts of felonious assault and two counts of having a deadly weapon inside a detention facility

By John W. Goodwin Jr.
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YOUNGSTOWN — Cornelius Harris, 29, will spend an additional 32 years in prison for assaulting two prison guards at the Ohio State Penitentiary.

A jury, after a weeklong trial, convicted Harris late Friday of two counts of felonious assault and two counts of having a deadly weapon inside a detention facility. He was sentenced Monday by Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Harris, who is serving a 54-year sentence on a litany of other charges, could have been sentenced to an additional 36 years. Judge Sweeney handed down nine-year sentences on each of the felonious assaults and seven-year sentences on each of the possession of a deadly weapon charges.

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