The son of the late Senator Thad Cochran struck out again after a Madison County jury convicted him of trespassing and stalking his ex-wife.
Madison police arrested Thaddeus Clayton Cochran on March 1, 2025 and charged him with trespass and contempt of court after he violated a restraining order. The charges were dismissed without prejudice. Cochran was arrested again on March 30 for violating the protective order involving his ex-wife. Third time was not the charm for Cochran as MPD arrested him again on May 9 and charged him with trespass, stalking, and failure to comply with request.
Madison Municipal Court Judge Jim Streetman held a trial for Cochran on August 13. The defendant represented himself.
The Court sentenced Clayton Cochran to 180 days in jail for trespassing with 90 days suspended, 180 days in jail for disorderly conduct with 90 days suspended, and 360 days in jail with 180 days suspended. However, Judge Streetman ordered Cochran to serve all sentences consecutively. Thus Thaddeus Clayton Cochran will be incarcerated at the Madison County Detention Center for a year. Earlier post with full coverage of trial.
Cochran retained attorney Francis Springer and appealed his conviction to Madison County Court. County Court Judge Staci O'Neal granted bond to the defendant. Cochran was released from jail on September 16.
Judge O'Neal presided over Cochran's jury trial in April. The trial took a full two days and was a rather interesting affair as Cochran tried to fire his attorney (in front of the jury, no less). However, Judge O'Neal wasn't having any of it and ruled the defendant could not fire his lawyer mid-trial.
The jury convicted Cochran of trespass and stalking. The Court sentenced Cochran to serve 180 days in jail for trespassing and 360 days in jail for stalking. Judge O'Neal suspended half of each sentence although she ordered the sentences to be served consecutively, thus keeping the Madison Municipal Court sentence in place. The Court gave credit for 28 days already served in jail. Thus Cochran must serve 242 days in the Madison County Detention Center.
Cochran said not so fast, my friend. He filed a notice of appeal Wednesday with the Madison County Circuit Court. Predictably, Cochran represented himself as he asked for a new jury trial and cited rules that no longer exist.
The defendant is free on bond pending his appeal.
2 comments:
He's going to end up harming that woman if they don't do something with him. You can write that down.
Catch and Release!
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