United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2013 by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. Daryl Lee Goings, age 46, was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
Goings was indicted for Kidnapping and Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender on Feb. 22, 2012. The charges related to Goings causing substantial injury to a female during a domestic assault at Pine Ridge on September 3 or 4, 2011. He has been convicted on at least two separate prior occasions for Aggravated Assault and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Goings pled guilty to Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender on Sept. 27, 2012.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety.
Goings was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
