certainly if i as a defense attorney ask, hey, can i get all the text messages between the d.a. and the police and everybody and the assailant, that s not the kind of thing i m going to get in the run-of-the-mill case. i m sure charles would say the same thing. so investigate all ye like. i m not sure you re going stamp out the problem that d.a.s and law enforcement giving each other a little bit of a hand once in a while. that s the exception to the rule. most of it is good and fair, but that stuff happens. i want to play we mentioned we heard from the parents of ahmaud arbery in court delivering victim impact statements. wanda cooper-jones spoke as well. i want to play what she had to say. ahmaud never said a word to them. he never threatened them. he just wanted to be left alone. they were fully committed to their crimes. let them be fully committed for
i wouldn t want to be in a situation where he couldn t do that. no, i understand the request, but i without i don t want to just offhandedly grant the request without understanding exactly what the terms are that the court is seeking, so i d like something in writing from the state what exactly the terms are that the state would be seeking with regard to the decision and then address that once it comes in more formally with defense counsel. thank you. any further questions for mr. travis mcmichael? no, your honor. greg mcmichael. no, yourself. all right. we are adjourned. thank you. i m hallie jackson in washington, and you have just watched the judge deliver sentences for the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery nearly two years ago,
trial or appeal your case directly to the appellate court of georgia for a court of review. you re advised the writ of habeas kour pos is four years in the case of felonies and one year for misdemeanors. the conviction runs if date the sentence becomes final. i don t have a blue or black pen. the court has executed the statement of appeal for travis mcmichael, greg mcmichael, and william r. bryan. if i could please have counsel and the defendants execute the statements of appeal to confirm they ve been given or that notice has been given.
travis mcmichael, mr. mcmichael, the court sentences you as follows. count 1, malice murder, life without possibility of parole. count 2, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 3, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 4, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 5, felony murder, vacated by operation of law. count 6, aggravated assault merges into count 1. count 7, aggravated assault, the court sentences the defendant to 20 years consecutive to count 1. count 8, false imprisonment merges into count 1. count 9, attempted false imprisonment, five years concurrent to count 7. that is life plus 20. greg mcmichael, the court
in this case getting back to the video again, after ahmaud arbery fell, the mcmichaels turned their backs again, a disturbing image and they walked away. it was callous, and it occurred, as far as the court is certained, basin upon the evidence, because confrontation was being sought. i think in closing arguments it s interesting to note that the most violent crime in scintilla shores was the murder of ahmaud arbery. so sentencing does not generally provide closure. i think miss wanda cooper-jones