Guilty verdict and 25-year sentence
A 60-year old man was sent to prison for 25 years after an Oconee jury this afternoon found him guilty of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. At the reading of the verdict, defendant Scott Norman Christner sat stoic and stared straight ahead. The sex offense occurred at a home in Seneca where the victim was a girl of minor age. Judge Maddox explained that the sentence of 25 years was the minimum required by law and does not qualify for parole.