MAN RECEIVES TWO SENTENCES TO RUN CONCURRENTLY
Brian Lee Benefiel got married on Monday; the presiding officer was Spokane County Superior Court Judge Ellen Kalama Clark. Immediately following the ceremony, he pleaded guilty to residential burglary and assault in an incident last year where he hit a man over the head with a hammer, The presiding officer was Spokane County Superior Court Judge Ellen Kalama Clark. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for assault, which is to run concurrently with his life sentence. .
As usual, he will be eligible for parole from his imprisonment in 12 years time. He will not be eligible for parole from his life sentence.