A man who threw hot cocoa on a convenience store clerk during a robbery was sentenced Friday to Montana State Prison.

An agitated Michael Richard Barreca was ordered to spend 10 years in prison for the Dec. 10 robbery at the Zip Trip store on Shiloh Road.

District Judge Ingrid Gustafson ordered Barreca to serve a concurrent 10-year sentence for an unrelated casino theft.

The judge also ordered Barreca to pay a total of $10,514 in restitution for both crimes.

Before he was sentenced, Barreca, 31, angrily proclaimed that he had fired his public defender and wanted to withdraw his guilty pleas.

Gustafson said the time to make such a motion had passed, and Barreca could raise his legal issues in an appeal.

At the time of the robbery, Barreca was awaiting sentencing for stealing about $6,500 from the Alpine Casino on 16th Street West on Aug. 25. Barreca worked at the casino as a cook, but had given his two-week notice before the theft.