The Region : Probation for Hedgecock Recommended

If jury-tampering charges do not result in a reversal of San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock’s felony conviction, a probation report recommends that the mayor receive a suspended three-year prison sentence coupled with three years’ probation and 180 days in a work-furlough program. The report, prepared by an Orange County probation officer, is advisory and need not be followed by Superior Court Judge William L. Todd Jr., who could sentence Hedgecock to a maximum of eight years in prison at a scheduled Nov. 6 sentencing hearing. However, the sentencing hearing--as well as Hedgecock’s conviction--remain in legal limbo as a result of sworn allegations by one juror and the attorney for another that a court bailiff tampered with Hedgecock’s jury during its deliberations.