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Mother asks for probation after release

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Jaimie Lynn Jockers

The woman convicted of killing her daughter by exposing her to second-hand crack smoke has asked a judge put her on probation after she’s released from prison.

Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate said the motion was “unusual.”

“I don’t understand the concept,” Wingate said.

Public defender Rodney Barnes asked Wingate to grant Jaimie Lynn Jockers, 26, probation for the drug-related charges of her conviction. 

She pleaded guilty to manslaughter in November 2008 and admitted to causing the death of her infant daughter, Brooklyn Paige.

Jockers is currently serving a 12-year sentence in Pewee Valley women’s prison. Barnes said he’s not asking for shock probation on Jockers’ manslaughter charges.

Instead, Barnes told Wingate he wants Jockers to be placed on probation for the drug charges after she is released from prison. Barnes said Jockers is in a drug treatment program at Pewee Valley but will need help to stay clean after she is released.

“If she walks out of prison without any kind of control, she is afraid she’ll start using again,” he said. “It’s easy to stay sober in prison.”

Wingate asked Barnes to explain the concept in writing and submit a memorandum within 10 days. He said he would give Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Dana Todd 10 days to respond.

Brooklyn Paige’s father, Michael McIntyre, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in a June 2007 plea agreement. He was sentenced to 25 years on that and other charges.

Brooklyn Paige’s grandmother and other family members held a memorial for her Saturday at Cove Spring Park, a day after Jockers appeared in court.

In other court action Friday, the mother who was arrested after police found four pounds of marijuana in her car was granted pre-trial diversion.

Gretchen Howard, 34 of 225 Wickliffe Drive, pleaded guilty to trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school. Wingate placed her on a three-year diversion Friday – the program is similar to probation.

If she completes the program the charges will be dismissed. As part of a plea agreement Howard will submit to random drug tests and cooperate with any investigation.

She was arrested in January on Versailles Road after police found about four pounds of marijuana in the trunk of her 2008 Toyota. The drugs were valued at about $8,800, according to police.