LAKE COUNTY — According to Richard F. Hinchcliff, Lake County Chief Deputy District Attorney, on Tuesday Guy Robert Archini, 58, of Clearlake Oaks, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for offenses committed between 2004 and 2008. Because of numerous delays caused by defense attorneys leaving the public defender contract or being relieved at Archini”s request and other issues involving Archini, his trials and sentencing were delayed numerous times.
Over the course of the judicial proceedings Archini was represented by nine different public defenders.
According to evidence presented at trial, on May 28, 2004 Archini discharged a rifle at his residence in Clearlake Oaks on Pine Street in the presence of a Deputy Sheriff. When confronted by the Deputy, Archini threatened to kill the officer, then fled the scene. About a half hour later Archini confronted an acquaintance, claiming he needed some things to get out of town. When the female acquaintance threatened to call 9-1-1, Archini brandished a handgun and threatened to shoot her. Archini was found the following day by Deputy Sheriff”s hiding in his residence in a closet under a pile of clothes. Archini bailed out of jail after his arrest. Then on Oct. 12, 2005, Archini was arrested by Deputy Sheriff”s for falsely reporting that someone committed a crime. While being transported to jail, Archini threatened the deputy with death and told the deputy he knew where the Deputy”s family lived and that he “knew the deputy had kids.”
Hinchcliff prosecuted Archini in a jury trial for the May 2004 and October 2005 offenses, and on Oct. 28, 2009 a jury found Archini guilty of six felonies, including threatening deputy sheriff”s, threatening a witness and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Archini was represented at trial by defense attorney Jeremy Dzubay.
On Aug. 12, 2008, while Archini was still out on bail and before the trial in the prior cases, Archini was arrested for felony threats and assault with a shotgun.
According to trial testimony, Archini threatened a man and woman who had been living at his residence in Clearlake Oaks, by brandishing a shotgun and threatening to kill them.
During a struggle for control of the gun, the shotgun discharged. Deputy District Attorney Dan Moffatt prosecuted Archini for the August 2008 incident and a jury convicted Archini of four felony counts. Archini was represented in that trial by defense attorney William Conwell.
On Tuesday, Archini was represented by defense counsel Jacob Zamora for sentencing, and Hinchcliff argued the case for the District Attorney. Retired Judge Arthur H. Mann, who was the judge in the October 2009 trial, sentenced Archini to 12 years in prison and ordered Archini to pay a $2,400 restitution fine. Because one of the felonies was termed a “violent” felony for sentencing purposes, Archini will only receive a 15 percent reduction for good behavior, rather than the usual 50 percent credits.
With 791 days already served in the County Jail, Archini won”t be eligible for parole until 2018.
