You got served: Andrew Alston, sentenced to three years in jail for voluntary manslaughter, is stuck on supervised probation for another three years, despite his effort to appeal.
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In November 2003, Andrew Alston, a third-year student at UVA, crossed paths with 22-year-old local firefighter Walter Sisk at the corner of Wertland and 14th streets, an encounter that ended with Sisk on the receiving end of a knife and Alston getting the business end of a jury nearly a year later. Alston served 19 months of a three-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter and was released in June 2006 to serve three years of supervised probation, a condition of his release that Alston considered a violation of his constitutional rights and appealed. The Daily Progress reports that Virginia Supreme Court Justice G. Steven Agee denied Alston’s appeal across a 22-page decision, ending Alston’s appeals process for the time being. Alston still faces a $3 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by Walter Sisk’s parents that is scheduled for a spring appearance in federal court, a case for which Alston has prepared by filing for bankruptcy.
