wacky criminal a big sports fan

the prosecution and defense work out a plea agreement for an oklahoma city criminal.

however, would-be murderer Eric James Torpy didn't like the 30 year sentence.

"I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it."

he wanted more....33 years to be exact to match larry bird's jersey number, 33.

"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey," Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. "We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

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