GUILTY GA - Ahmaud Arbery, 25, jogger, fatally shot by former LEO and son, Brunswick, Feb 2020 *Arrests* #6

Monday, August 1st:
*Sentencing Hearings (Federal Charges) (Travis @ 10am & Bryan @ 1pm ET) - GA – Ahmaud Marquez Arbery (25) (Feb. 23, 2020, shot while jogging in Satilla Shores neighborhood, Brunswick) - *Travis James McMichael (34/now 36) & *Gregory Johns McMichael (64/now 66) indicted (4/28/21), charged & arraigned (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime), 1 count of attempted kidnapping, 1 count of using, carrying & brandishing firearms during & in relation to a crime of violence & attempted to unlawfully seize & confine Arbery in an attempt to restrict his free movement & detain him against his will & Travis: plus 1 count of discharging a firearm. Both plead not guilty. No bond.
*William “Roddie” Roderick Bryan, Jr. (50/now 52) indicted (4/28/21), charged & arraigned (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime), 1 count of attempted kidnapping & attempted to unlawfully seize & confine Arbery in an attempt to restrict his free movement & detain him against his will. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial began on 2/7/22 with jury selection. 12 jurors (7 whites, 3 Blacks & one Hispanic) with 4 alternates (3 white members & 1 Pacific Islander). Prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara Lyons of the Southern District of Georgia & Deputy Chief Bobbi Bernstein & Special Litigation Counsel Christopher J. Perras of the Civil Rights Division. Trial ended with closing arguments on 2/21/22. Jury deliberations started on 2/21/22; approx. 2 ½ hours. 2/22/22 Jury deliberated 1 ½ hours. Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Indictment & Court info from 7/26/21 to 2/4/22, Jury selection (Day 1-5) 2/7/22-2/14/22 & Trial (Day 1-6) 2/14/22-2/21/22 & Jury deliberations (Day 1) 2/21/22 reference post #537 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...n-brunswick-feb-2020-arrests-6.602591/page-27

2/22/22 Tuesday, Trial Day 7-Jury Deliberations (Day 2): Jury continues deliberations. Have reached verdict. Approx. 1 ½ hours of deliberations.
Verdicts for Gregory McMichael: Count 1 Interference with Rights: GUILTY. Count 3 Attempted Kidnapping: GUILTY. Count 5 Using Firearm During Crime of Violence: GUILTY.
Verdicts for Travis McMichael: Count 1 Interference with Rights: GUILTY. Count 3 Attempted Kidnapping: GUILTY. Count 4 Using Firearm During Crime of Violence: GUILTY.
Verdicts for William "Roddie" Bryan: Count 2 Interference with Rights: GUILTY. Count 3 Attempted Kidnapping: GUILTY.
Jurors are excused. The judge is addressing each defendant as they approach the bench, informing him of post-conviction rights. They have 14 days to file motions; can get another appointed attorney if need be; right to appeal. Remanded to US Marshals' custody. There is first a 14-day period in which lawyers will be able to file post-trial motions, than the court conducts a pre-sentencing interview. At that point, likely sometime in mid-March, sentencing would occur.

3/8/22: Defendant Gregory McMichael's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal filed (Federal case); Defendant Travis McMichael's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal filed (Federal Case). 3/22/22: Government's opposition to Motions for Judgment of Acquittal. ("the evidence at trial overwhelmingly established that the streets of Satilla Shores were public streets…").
4/19/22 Update: Sentencing hearings: Travis McMichael on 8/1/22 @ 10am, Bryan on 8/1/22 @ 1pm & Greg McMichael on 8/8/22 @ 10am.
 
Well - I am not finding any current articles on this.

@Seattle1 - you have access to the Federal court case, right? Anything in there about their sentences?

TIA! :)
I didn't follow the case but link to Wiki indicates the federal sentencing dates as Aug 8, 2022.


The sentencing hearing for the Ahmaud Arbery’s killers has been postponed until August 8.

According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood signed off on the delay of the hearing after prosecutors cited a scheduling conflict.



 

McMichael, 66, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court along with his adult son, Travis McMichael, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan.
 
Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in …

Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison​

August 05, 2022, 4:00 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in a Georgia neighborhood says he fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.

Travis McMichael, 36, faces sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court after his conviction on federal hate crime charges in February. His defense attorney filed a legal motion Thursday asking the judge to keep McMichael in federal custody.

Attorney Amy Lee Copeland argued McMichael has received “hundreds of threats” and won't be safe in a Georgia state prison system that is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department amid concerns about violence between inmates.
 
Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in …

Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison​

August 05, 2022, 4:00 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in a Georgia neighborhood says he fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.

Travis McMichael, 36, faces sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court after his conviction on federal hate crime charges in February. His defense attorney filed a legal motion Thursday asking the judge to keep McMichael in federal custody.

Attorney Amy Lee Copeland argued McMichael has received “hundreds of threats” and won't be safe in a Georgia state prison system that is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department amid concerns about violence between inmates.
Find me a tiny violin. That'd be true justice. The racist killer is afraid for his life. Imagine how poor innocent Ahmaud felt.
 
Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in …

Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison​

August 05, 2022, 4:00 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in a Georgia neighborhood says he fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.

Travis McMichael, 36, faces sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court after his conviction on federal hate crime charges in February. His defense attorney filed a legal motion Thursday asking the judge to keep McMichael in federal custody.

Attorney Amy Lee Copeland argued McMichael has received “hundreds of threats” and won't be safe in a Georgia state prison system that is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department amid concerns about violence between inmates.

Just saw this. This murderer hunted down Mr. Arbery. Terrorized and killed him because he ran in his neighborhood. I am so sorry that he is afraid of others in prison. He deserves to be in state prison. Odd how he is looking for a way out of the kind of fear and terror that so willingly visited upon Mr. Arbery. I hope he goes to state prison for the rest of his life. I don't ever wish physical harm to anyone but IMHO this man can live with fear. He has never apologized or taken responsibility.
 
Monday, August 8th:
*Sentencing Hearings for all (Federal Charges) (@ 10am ET) - GA – Ahmaud Marquez Arbery (25) (Feb. 23, 2020, shot while jogging in Satilla Shores neighborhood, Brunswick) - *Travis James McMichael (34/now 36) & *Gregory Johns McMichael (64/now 66) indicted (4/28/21), charged & arraigned (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime), 1 count of attempted kidnapping, 1 count of using, carrying & brandishing firearms during & in relation to a crime of violence & attempted to unlawfully seize & confine Arbery in an attempt to restrict his free movement & detain him against his will & Travis: plus 1 count of discharging a firearm. Both plead not guilty. No bond.
*William “Roddie” Roderick Bryan, Jr. (50/now 52) indicted (4/28/21), charged & arraigned (5/11/21) with Federal crimes of 1 count of interference with rights (hate crime), 1 count of attempted kidnapping & attempted to unlawfully seize & confine Arbery in an attempt to restrict his free movement & detain him against his will. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial began on 2/7/22 with jury selection. 12 jurors (7 whites, 3 Blacks & one Hispanic) with 4 alternates (3 white members & 1 Pacific Islander). Prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara Lyons of the Southern District of Georgia & Deputy Chief Bobbi Bernstein & Special Litigation Counsel Christopher J. Perras of the Civil Rights Division. Trial ended with closing arguments on 2/21/22. Jury deliberations started on 2/21/22; approx. 2 ½ hours. 2/22/22 Jury deliberated 1 ½ hours. Total deliberations: ~4 hours.
Verdicts: Gregory McMichael: Count 1 Interference with rights: GUILTY. Count 3 Attempted kidnapping: GUILTY. Count 5 Using firearm during crime of violence: GUILTY. Verdicts for Travis McMichael: Count 1 Interference with rights: GUILTY. Count 3 Attempted kidnapping: GUILTY. Count 4 Using firearm during crime of violence: GUILTY. Verdicts for William "Roddie" Bryan: Count 2 Interference with rights: GUILTY. Count 3 Attempted kidnapping: GUILTY.

Indictment & Court info from 7/26/21 to 2/4/22, Jury selection (Day 1-5) 2/7-2/14/22 & Trial (Day 1-7) 2/14-2/22/22 & Jury deliberations (Day 1-2) 2/21-2/22/22 & 3/22/22 reference post #602 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...n-brunswick-feb-2020-arrests-6.602591/page-31

On March 8, 2022, attorneys for Travis & Greg McMichael appealed the verdict, citing that federal hate crimes laws apply only to public places & that the crime occurred in a private street. Attorneys for Greg McMichael also appealed the conviction on targeting Arbery because he was black, citing his career as law enforcement agent, spanning several decades, where McMichael's attorney said, there was no evidence of racist behavior.
4/19/22 Update: Sentencing hearings: Travis McMichael on 8/1/22 @ 10am, Bryan on 8/1/22 @ 1pm & Greg McMichael on 8/8/22 @ 10am. Sentencing hearing on 8/1/22 rescheduled on 8/8/22 for all.
8/2/22 Update: Defense attorney, A.J. Balbo, in his legal filing Monday didn't downplay the seriousness of the federal hate crimes case. Greg McMichael is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction. While Greg McMichael deserves “a substantial period of incarceration,” his defense attorney said in a legal filing, he should be spared a life sentence — though he has already been sentenced to life without parole on a separate murder conviction. McMichael also wants the judge to transfer him to a federal prison so that he avoids serving time for Arbery's murder in Georgia's state prison system, which can't ensure his safety from attacks by other inmates, the lawyer said. McMichael is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, 8/8/22 in U.S. District Court along with his adult son, Travis McMichael & their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan. A jury convicted all three in February of committing hate crimes, concluding Arbery had been targeted because he was Black.
8/4/22 Update: Defense motion filed. Travis McMichael faces sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court after his conviction on federal hate crime charges in February. His defense attorney filed a legal motion Thursday asking the judge to keep McMichael in federal custody. Attorney Amy Lee Copeland argued McMichael has received “hundreds of threats” and won't be safe in a Georgia state prison system that is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department amid concerns about violence between inmates.
 
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Prosecutor: The DOJ will fight every day for the right of every single inmate — including Ahmaud Arbery's killer — to be treated fairly. But it will not give him special treatment

McMichael's attorney Amy Lee Copeland says her client faces a "backdoor death penalty" if sent to state — rather than federal custody — because he's received more than 800 death threats. "Retribution and revenge are not sentencing factors," she said.


"This case concerns themes of vigilante justice," Copeland noted, acknowledging the "irony" of her concerns that vigilante justice will be meted out to her client behind bars.


Federal judge DENIES Travis McMichael's request for a transfer to federal custody. She says she doesn't have the power to do so because state brought charges, convicted and sentenced first.

"You killed a man on Feb. 23, 2020," U.S. District Judge Lisa G. Wood noted, noting that the video is seared into the court's memory. "A jury found that you acted because of the color of Mr. Arbery's skin."


Travis McMichael, the gunman who murdered Ahmaud Arbery, receives another life sentence — but he'll be in state custody, a federal judge rules
 
Local area (NE FL/SE GA) journalist Anne Schindler continues to follow the case and post updates.
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Judge sentences Travis McMichael to life in federal prison in addition to his life sentence in state prison.

His father, Greg McMichael, is set to be sentenced next. That hearing starts at 1pm. Roddie Bryan at 3 pm
 
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Ahmaud Arbery's murderer Travis McMichael declines to deliver a statement before being federally sentenced for violating Arbery's rights "because of his race and color."
10:59 AM · Aug 8, 2022·Twitter Web App

I am glad the younger murderer's lawyer talked about the irony of a vigilante justice death sentence. Still not a single word of remorse or apology to the Arbery family or Mr. Arbery.

Ughhhh,the lack of taking responsibility for behavior remains breathtaking.

Rest easy, Ahmaud.
 
Journalist Veronica Waters, legal affairs/courts reporter for Atlanta talk radio station WSB (95.5 WSB | Atlanta's News & Talk – 95.5 WSB) posted great detail during TM's sentencing here: I expect she'll do the same for the sentencing of the other 2 this afternoon.
There is also a public listen-only audio conference line that she posted to the thread. I cross-checked and the number is the same that appears to have been published for the trial proceedings.
"If you want to listen live, Judge Godbey Wood provides today's public line number for the courtroom:
1.888.684.8852
The call access code is 2296092
Security code is 1234
There is NO RECORDING OR LIVE STREAM of federal hearings!"
 
Local area (NE FL/SE GA) journalist Anne Schindler continues to follow the case and post updates.
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Judge sentences Travis McMichael to life in federal prison in addition to his life sentence in state prison.

His father, Greg McMichael, is set to be sentenced next. That hearing starts at 1pm. Roddie Bryan at 3 pm

I guess these three will have lots of time to think about what they did! I love that Travis in particular, since he was the shooter, will never ever ever see the light of day.
 
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Ahmaud Arbery's murderer Travis McMichael declines to deliver a statement before being federally sentenced for violating Arbery's rights "because of his race and color."
10:59 AM · Aug 8, 2022·Twitter Web App

I am glad the younger murderer's lawyer talked about the irony of a vigilante justice death sentence. Still not a single word of remorse or apology to the Arbery family or Mr. Arbery.

Ughhhh,the lack of taking responsibility for behavior remains breathtaking.

Rest easy, Ahmaud.
Their lack of remorse is pretty startling! they can't even fake it
 

Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery and is serving life in prison for murder, on Monday was again sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years on federal hate crime charges.

His father, Gregory, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, who were also convicted of murder, were set to be sentenced Monday afternoon.
 

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