CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga County judge ordered a convicted robber's mouth taped shut during his sentencing on Tuesday.

Judge John Russo imposed the gag order because Franklyn Williams engaged in multiple outbursts in the courtroom, according to a docket entry.

Russo eventually sentenced the 32-year-old Williams to 24 years in prison.

Video shot by WJW Channel 8 shows Williams surrounded by deputies with his mouth covered with red tape.

A jury convicted Williams in December after he cut off his ankle monitor and left Ohio in the middle of his trial, according to prosecutors. He was arrested in Nebraska earlier this month and brought back to Cleveland to be sentenced.

Williams originally pleaded guilty to robbery charges in 2016 in the case and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He appealed his sentence and argued that, because his attorney wrongly told him at the time that he would be eligible for early release after he served just seven years when he actually had to serve his entire sentence, he did not fully understand what he was pleading to.

The 8th District Court of Appeals sided with Williams and threw out his plea and sentence and ordered the second trial.

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