Judgement....

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Christmas dinner part of man's sentence
Conyers Judge Sidney Nation issued it in domestic violence case

Published on: 10/16/06
A woman and her two children will get a special Christmas dinner at one of Atlanta's most expensive restaurants this year — courtesy of a judge who imposed that sentence on a man charged with family violence on Christmas Day.

"Basically you were hung over and didn't want to be involved in some activities your wife planned," Chief Superior Court Judge Sidney Nation told Wendell Jerome Herman Rogers II. "You acted up and ruined Christmas, so this year you're going to make it up to them."

Authorities say Rogers, 33, came home from a party on Christmas Eve and got into a confrontation with his wife in front of their two children the next morning.

He was charged with family violence battery and obstructing and hindering a person making an emergency telephone call.

In addition to the dinner, Nation also sentenced Rogers to serve 12 months, although the time is suspended while Rogers continues an anger management course. Rogers also has to pay a $1,000 fine.

He will have to submit a receipt to the court for the family dinner by early January.

Rogers' attorney, Maurice Bennett, said his client agreed he had misbehaved and accepted the dinner sentence, which attorneys said would set him back more than $300. Rogers had no prior record.