Days after Morgan Wallen allegedly threw a chair from the roof of the Chief bar in Nashville, legal experts say the act could land the country music star behind bars for a while.
He Last night The hitmaker was arrested on Sunday, April 7, on three counts of reckless endangerment, Class E felonies, and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, after throwing Eric Church’s bar chair. Witnesses claimed Wallen laughed after knocking the chair off the ceiling. He landed near two Nashville police officers.
Morgan Wallen’s attorney also addressed the situation in a statement. “At 10:53 pm Sunday night, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with the authorities.”
With his court date scheduled for May 3, legal experts are evaluating what kind of sentence the singer could receive.
Nashville criminal defense attorney David Raybin said PEOPLE that Wallen could technically face up to six years in prison due to the three charges. However, the chances of him being sentenced to the maximum and even serving the sentences consecutively are “very remote.”
“I seriously doubt how he would get consecutive time,” Raybin said. Notably, he has no involvement in the case. “It is based on the background and extreme danger of the crime: professional, criminal, sexual crime. “It’s a pretty limited category.”
Although he doesn’t want to downplay Wallen’s charges, Raybin said the country artist likely won’t be eligible for consecutive sentences. “It’s probably a maximum of two years, assuming he hasn’t been paroled.”
Morgan Wallen could face ‘tougher’ penalty in chair-throwing case
Meanwhile, Raybin stated that because police were involved in the chair-throwing incident, Morgan Wallen could face a “more severe penalty” for his actions.
“That chair could have fallen on them and they could have died,” Raybin said. He then said there is a general approach to how the situation will be handled, given Wallen’s celebrity status.
“The question will be: why is he a celebrity? Should he be treated differently?” Raybin continued. “Either too lightly or too harshly.”
While he doesn’t want to speculate on how Wallen’s case will play out, Raybin has seen cases where sentences are split.
“Sometimes they require split confinement,” he explained. “Which is a modest amount of incarceration to say, ‘This is just wrong,’ and then the rest on probation.”
Raybin added that he doesn’t think Wallen will go to jail for two years. However, he also doesn’t believe the country artist will receive a full legalized sentence.
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