Published: April 12, 2008 08:01 am      

Delaware Court Report

Cases of drug possession and assault were heard in Delaware County Court on Monday before Judge Carl Becker, a court official said.

John D. Gilchrist Jr., 48, of Margaretville, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, said county court clerk Allison Barnes.

He was sentenced to three years in state prison, three years parole and a six-month license revocation.

After his arrest by deputies Sept. 7 in Middletown, he pleaded not guilty to that same charge, in connection with oxycodone hydrochloride acetaminophen. He was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance _ cocaine; criminal possession of a controlled substance outside the original container _ Percocet; criminal use of drug paraphernalia; unlicensed driver; no seat belt; and failure to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of an address change.

Gilchrist was convicted of third-degree sale of a controlled substance in November 2000, Delaware County District Attorney Richard Northrup previously said. In other court business:

- Zachariah Muller, 30, of Harpersfield, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced to three years in state prison, five years parole, Barnes said. An order of protection was issued, and he paid restitution of $60.

Muller pleaded not guilty Oct. 29 to charges of seconddegree assault, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct. He had been arrested June 2007 by state police after he allegedly stabbed a man in the leg with a knife in the village of Stamford.

- David Hall, 38, no address given, was ordered to pay restitution of $2,858 by Nov. 1, Barnes said.

He was sentenced on March 19, 2007, for driving while intoxicated in February 2006.

Because he hit a house during the incident, part of his probation included restitution, she said.

A petition of violation of probation was being considered when Hall agreed to make the payments, she added.