Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Woods impostor could get life
in prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man convicted
of using Tiger Woods' identity to rack up $17,000 in expenses
could be sentenced to life in prison if sentenced under the state's
three-strikes law.
A jury on Tuesday acknowledged two felony
convictions on Anthony Lemar Taylor's record.
Those convictions and the recent theft and
perjury counts make the 31-year-old Sacramento man eligible for
sentencing under the state's three-strikes law, which carries
a maximum sentence of life in prison. Final sentencing is March
9.
Defense attorney James Greiner says he will
ask the judge to ignore Taylor's two previous robbery convictions
that stemmed from the same attack. Taylor would then only be subject
to a 9-year sentence.
Prosecutors said Taylor applied for credit
cards and credit lines under the golf great's real name —
Eldrick T. Woods.
Woods testified that he never applied for
the credit, charged televisions and other electronics equipment,
or rented a moving truck in the Sacramento area.
Taylor told the judge Tuesday that he never
wanted to go through the trial because he thought it was a political
ploy by prosecutors.
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