An Eastport man was released by court order on Monday evening after being resentenced by Circuit Judge Ben W. Hooper II under the terms of a 2011 state supreme court opinion.

David Lynn Sisk, 32, has been in custody since January 3, 2007, in connection with the 2006 break-in of the residence of Manit and Marina Subhakul at 504 Seventh Street sometime between March 27 and April 4, 2006. He was originally sentenced to 27 years in prison, a term which was reversed on appeal.

Sisk's case was sent back to Judge Hooper by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which instructed the judge to resentence the defendant.

For more details, please see the Thursday edition of the Newport Plain Talk.