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Milton was sentenced to 50 years to life for Dressler's murder. A rejected NGI plea is not a new trial.
On Monday, Sept. 21, Shasta County Superior Court sentenced Robert Parker Milton to 50 years to life, plus 2 years and 8 months, for the Aug. 29, 2024 murder of William Dressler in Redding. A sanity jury found him sane, and the sentence is not a new trial.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A sentence after a guilt verdict and a sanity finding is the judgment. It is not a new accusation, and a rejected NGI plea is not a new trial. On Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, Shasta County Superior Court sentenced Robert Parker Milton to 50 years to life, plus an additional 2 years and 8 months, for the murder of his neighbor, William Dressler, 71. An April jury found him guilty, and a secondary sanity jury found him sane.
The murder was Aug. 29, 2024, in Redding, Calif. The April jury found Milton guilty of first-degree murder and three counts of resisting an executive officer. Enhancements were found true, including personal and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury or death. Those are the guilt-phase findings in the sentence reporting. Monday imposed judgment on that conviction. It was not a new charging document, and it was not a second guilt trial.
A secondary sanity trial is the phase that follows a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity plea. The jury found him sane. The court denied the defense request to strike a 25-to-life firearm enhancement. A sanity verdict that rejects the insanity defense decides that defense. It does not reopen the April guilt verdict, and a denied request to strike an enhancement is a ruling on that request. It is not a new count.
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