Man Gets 6 Years Prison for Failing to Appear at DWI Sentencing Hearing

A Minnesota man will serve six years in jail for failing to appear at his sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to first-degree DWI.

On May 6, 32-year-old Cory Schilling pleaded guilty to DWI.  He was scheduled to appear at a sentencing hearing on August 12, but never showed up.  After obtaining a warrant, police arrested Schilling at a residence in Cass County.

This is not Schilling's first run-in with the law. In 1996 he pleaded guilty to drunk driving, and served two years in prison for causing an accident that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old woman. And in 2004 he was arrested on DUI charges again in Aitkin County.

Under Minnesota law, a first-degree DWI is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.  However, Assistant Morrison County Attorney Mike Chisum requested that Schilling serve an additional 10 months in prison for failing to appear at his hearing.

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