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Franklin gets 40-month sentence

DAVENPORT — A man with multiple impaired-driving convictions was sentenced to more than three years in prison after a judge said public safety outweighed any leniency.

Freddie Leeshell Franklin, 45, of Spokane pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court to felony DUI stemming from a traffic stop on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Charges of first-degree driving while license suspended and violation of an ignition interlock device were dismissed under a plea agreement.

Franklin’s criminal history includes DUI convictions in 2001, 2016 and 2017, as well as a felony DUI in 2021. With an offender score...

 
 

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