Lane Garrison All Checked Out, Awaits Sentencing

Mon., Sep. 10, 2007 4:16 PM PDT by Natalie Finn

Lane Garrison's "prison break" is behind him. Meanwhile, his sentencing hearing looms ahead.

The actor, who's been behind bars in Chino, California, since pleading guilty in May to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, completed a court-ordered psychological evaluation last week. He is now waiting to find out the exact terms of his punishment for the fatal crash that killed a 17-year-old high school student.

"Lane Garrison has completed his diagnostic commitment and was turned over to Los Angeles County authorities on Friday," California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Monday.

Garrison has been transferred to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 31.

After copping to two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving under the influence causing injury, and one misdemeanor charge of providing alcohol to a minor, the 27-year-old was ordered to undergo a 90-day diagnostic stay at the California Institute for Men. The actor is best known for his role as inmate Tweener on the Fox drama Prison Break.

Garrison was behind the wheel on Dec. 2 when his 2001 Land Rover jumped the curb and struck a tree on a Beverly Hills street, killing 17-year-old Vahagn Setian and injuring two 15-year-old girls who were also riding with him. He had met the teens earlier that evening at a supermarket and accepted their invitation to accompany them to a party, to which Garrison brought his own vodka.

After the crash, Garrison tested positive for cocaine and his blood-alcohol level registered at 0.20 percent, more than twice the state's legal limit of 0.08. He is facing a maximum sentence of six years and eight months in prison.

And as Garrison awaits his fate, Tom Sizemore has taken a step into his future, which for the next five months or so will include bars, lots of bars.

The Black Hawk Down actor was transferred from L.A. County Jail to state prison Monday to serve out the remainder of his sentence for probation violation in connection with his 2004 bust for methamphetamine possession.

Sizemore was originally sentenced to 16 months in prison, but L.A. Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis effectively cut the term in half because he had already spent 213 days in various treatment programs, coupled with 22 days in the county lockup awaiting a hearing and 10 days off for good behavior.