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Stabbing case nets 14-year sentence

KEITH COUSINS/Staff writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
by KEITH COUSINS/Staff writer
| February 15, 2014 8:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Jayde Brown was sentenced Friday to 14 years in jail for an October stabbing incident Kootenai County Judge Benjamin Simpson called "shocking" in nature.

Brown, 22, accepted a plea agreement Nov. 15 that reduced the initial charge of first-degree attempted murder to battery with the intent to commit a serious felony. He will be eligible for parole after three years.

"We are very lucky we aren't dealing with a first- or second-degree murder case here today," Simpson said prior to sentencing Brown. "You are about to have a lot of time to think about this in jail and if you want to live a meaningful life, I recommend that you get help when you get out."

Simpson also referenced the results of a psychological screening, which concluded that Brown is mentally ill. The illness, according to Simpson, stems from an incident that occurred when Brown was 3.

"Most of your behaviors stem from that incident and something like that normally turns women into addicts and makes men violent," Simpson said. "I don't know how you are going to deal with that. It will be a life-long problem."

In their closing arguments, both the prosecution and defense agreed that the recommended 14-year sentence was appropriate, considering what the prosecuting attorney called the "disturbing facts" of the case.

When questioned by law enforcement in the days following the Oct. 2 stabbing, Brown told police he knew the victim, Zackary Brown, "from using drugs in the past." The two men are not related.

Law enforcement interviews with Zack, while he was recovering at Kootenai Health, confirm that the two males knew each other prior to the attack, with Zack telling detectives that Brown stole "all of the items" out of his backpack.

When the two encountered each other near the intersection of Sherman Avenue and 13th Street on Oct. 2, the alleged stolen property was at the center of a verbal altercation.

Police records indicate Zack called Brown "a 'punk bitch' or something similar" and Brown responded by saying "something to the effect of 'You really wanna do this right now, you really wanna do this?'"

Minutes later, as Zack continued along Sherman to an appointment at the Port of Hope, Brown came out of the Coeur d'Alene Budget Saver Motel parking lot on a bicycle.

"The male (Brown) stuck out his hand as he passed Zack and hit Zack in the chest," the summary states. "Zack said he thought he was just punched at first but later noticed he was bleeding, eventually lost his vision and use of his arms."

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