A Hopkinsville man entered a guilty plea to manslaughter on Wednesday in Christian County Circuit Court with a five-year prison sentence recommended.
Seth Henderson pled guilty to manslaughter and trafficking in a controlled substance as affirmed by Circuit Judge Andrew Self.
click to download audioHenderson’s attorney Olivia Adams informed the court that her client had served enough time in jail to be parole-eligible on the day the court hands down its sentence.
click to download audioHenderson is charged with the January 2021 overdose death of Corbin Bowling.
He was originally indicted on charges of second-degree manslaughter but that charge was dismissed by the court last year after former Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling was accused of falsifying his testimony about text messages about Henderson to the grand jury.
After hearing arguments based on testimony from the Christian County sheriff’s detectives and a review of the grand jury proceeding, Judge Self granted the motion to dismiss the indictment and found that Boling had provided false or misleading information to the grand jury that led to the original indictment. Henderson was then indicted a second time.
Last June, the Kentucky Supreme Court suspended Boling’s law license for five years, citing additional cases.
A co-defendant in the case, Joshua Long, pled guilty as part of an agreement with the Commonwealth that required him to testify against Henderson and saw a jail sentence probated.
