Ryan, and also punched him several times in the head during a July 2012 argument in their Waynesboro home.Police said Ryan Schmidt finally was able to subdue his wife as she raised a crock pot above her head to throw it at him. The couple's 2 year old daughter was in the room at the time.Holly Schmidt admitted that she punched her husband, but denied tossing the cooking gear at him. A county jury convicted her of the simple assault count in January 2013 and in May she was initially sentenced to 23 months of probation.
However, records show that in November Schmidt was found to have violated her probation by associating with someone with a criminal record, leaving the state without permission and ignoring a court order to undergo drug and alcohol and domestic violence counseling. County Judge John R. Walker resentenced her to 6 to 24Do you have a favorite Takedown of all time? months in state prison.In appealing her simple assault conviction to the state court, Schmidt argued that the jury's verdict wasn't supported by the evidence.Yet in denying her appeal, the state judges cited her admission that she had punched her husband, noting that, "This evidence alone was sufficient to convict her of simple assault."
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