Published: July 02, 2009 01:59 pm      

Victim: Parrish’s son plea accepted in Clark County

Mother Yalanda Parrish scheduled for trial this month

An admission agreement involving a 15-year-old accused of kicking a man who was shot after a road-rage incident has been finalized, according to the victim in the case.

On June 17, 2008, Yalanda Parrish told a police dispatcher that she shot someone at 10th Street and Allison Lane in Jeffersonville. Parrish claims she was acting in self-defense when she shot 52-year-old Wesley Mosier, of Corydon, as he got off his motorcycle and approached her vehicle.

Witnesses claimed that her son, Phillip, got out of the vehicle and began kicking Mosier as he was lying on the ground. The younger Parrish was in Clark County Superior Court No. 1 with his mother Wednesday for an admission hearing.

The court had previously released the terms of the admission agreement, in which Parrish admitted to juvenile charges of class A misdemeanor battery. The agreement called for six months of probation.

The agreement was reached in December, but the admission hearing to finalize the agreement had been continued numerous times.

Recently, however, the court clerks have said they were instructed to not give out any information about the case because Parrish is a juvenile.

Prosecutor Steve Stewart said he cannot discuss the case, and Parrish’s attorney, David Schuler, declined to comment after the hearing.

Mosier said he had been instructed by the prosecutor to not make any statement, but he went on to say that Parrish had accepted the agreement on the battery charge.

“I’ve got a smile on my face. That ought to tell you something,” he added.

Yalanda Parrish is scheduled to go to trial July 28 in Clark Circuit Court. A grand jury indicted Yalanda Parrish on charges of class B felony aggravated battery and class C felony criminal recklessness.

A class B felony conviction carries with it a sentence of six to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. A class C felony conviction brings a sentence of two to eight years and up to a $10,000 fine.

Stewart has said he anticipates the case will go to trial, but he has not completely ruled out accepting a plea agreement.