An Alabama man who served 100 days in jail for killing a Pearl City man during a fight in 2004 is back in custody, accused of failing to pay more than $500 in restitution and fees connected to the man’s death.
Kendall L. Edmonds, 32, was extradited from Alabama to Honolulu in May and remains in custody at Oahu Community Correctional Center without bail.
On Friday, Circuit Judge Karen Ahn set Edmonds’ resentencing hearing for Aug. 25.
Edmonds pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December 2005 for recklessly killing Michael Gillum at their Pearl City apartment complex in August 2004.
Edmonds was sentenced in March 2006 to 100 days in jail and 10 years’ probation. He was also ordered to pay $529.79 for restitution, a probation service fee and a fine to the crime victim compensation fund.
Edmonds was ordered pay at least $25 per month to pay off the fines.
In 2012 the state filed a motion to have Edmonds’ probation revoked because he was not making restitution payments, the prosecutor’s office said.
Edmonds faces no prison time up to the full punishment of a 20-year sentence for manslaughter during the hearing in August, said Deputy Public Defender William Bento.
He said Edmonds has not requested bail since he does not have the money to post any.
Edmonds was 22 when he killed his 46-year-old neighbor after the neighbor complained about noise that was coming from Edmonds’ apartment.
The defense said Gillum called Edmonds racial slurs and threw the first punch. Gillum missed, but Edmonds punched Gillum, rupturing a blood vessel in the base of the brain.
At Edmonds’ sentencing in 2006, Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto said Gillum enraged Edmonds with racial slurs and Edmonds did not know a single punch would kill Gillum.
