re: Updyke pleads guilty and will serve 6 months

Now that he's under sentence, he qualifies for good time. We're talking somewhere in the neighborhood of 55 days to serve. His lawyer did a good job and that DA blew it. The DA will say "3 years" but he's going to serve about 2 months. Sad state of affairs.

By way of comparison, you can, and people often actually do, get considerably more than that if you have priors and you drive on a suspended license.