YOUNGSTOWN — Sam Daviduk, 25, of Dogwood Lane, has pleaded guilty to felonious assault for causing a serious head injury to another man during a fight at the Shotz Bar on Oakwood Avenue last July.

Police said Daviduk choked the victim, threw him to the ground and repeatedly kicked him in the head during a melee. The victim was in critical condition at the hospital after the incident.

Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court will sentence Daviduk at 9 a.m. March 13. Prosecutors are recommending that he serve seven years in prison, but the offense qualifies for possible additional prison time under the state’s Reagan Tokes law.

Under Reagan Tokes, the judge selects a minimum sentence and a maximum sentence of an additional 50 percent of the minimum sentence.

Release from prison is presumed to occur at the expiration of the minimum sentence. However, the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction may, under certain circumstances, seek more than the minimum sentence, according to the Ohio Supreme Court.

During Daviduk’s hearing, defense attorney Thomas Zena noted that Daviduk was found competent to stand trial, but he suffers from mental illness.