Former Notre Dame assistant football
coach Corwin Brown, who is accused of striking his wife and holding her
hostage, has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to confinement and domestic
battery charges.
Prosecutors agreed to drop a more serious confinement charge.
St. Joseph County Judge Jane Woodward Miller said Thursday she will
decide Aug. 21 whether to accept the deal, which recommends a four-year prison
sentence.
Miller told the 42-year-old Brown he could face up to six years in
prison.
Corwin Brown's family says his actions last August leading to a
seven-hour standoff with police might stem from brain trauma suffered when he
was an NFL defensive back.
The hearing was interrupted for 14 minutes after Brown told Miller he
didn't stop his wife from leaving their house.
