SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED AS HABITUAL CRIMINAL

-Costillo sentenced to maximum-

 

 

33-year-old Jesse Costillo was sentenced to 220 years to life in the Department of Corrections today by Denver District Judge Sheila Rappaport.

 

Costillo was found guilty earlier of two counts of second-degree kidnapping, one count of unlawful sexual contact, one count of sexual assault, one count of robbery and two counts of third-degree assault.  Costillo attacked two women in December of 2002 in separate attacks after being placed on probation just days earlier for a prior assault. 

 

Denver Chief Deputy District Attorney Doug Jackson argued that due to his prior record the court should convict Costillo of being a Habitual Offender and that he should be sentenced accordingly.  Judge Rappaport agreed and noted that Costillo is a sexually violent predator prior to sentencing him to the maximum sentence possible: 220 years to life in prison.   She noted that one of the cases was the most heinous and degrading sexual assault case she had ever heard.

 

Costillo chose not to make a statement before being led from the courtroom in handcuffs. 

 

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