CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A Chambersburg man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a near-fatal assault last year was sentenced Wednesday to spend 41/2 years in Franklin County (Pa.) Prison.
Judge John R. Walker sentenced Robert N. Rapp, 48, to five to 12 years in state prison, then suspended that sentence, giving him a dozen years on probation with the local jail sentence. He was also fined $300 and ordered to pay restitution to the victim, Shawn Murray.
Although diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia, Rapp entered the guilty plea on June 24, according to court records.
Walker ordered a July 22 sentencing hearing to allow further investigation about where he would serve his sentence.
Normally, those convicted of a first-degree felony with a sentence of more than two years have to serve their time in a state prison, according to state law.
Rapp was convicted of stabbing Murray, 30, formerly of Chambersburg, 10 times in an attack in the men's room at the Washington House bar in Chambersburg.