GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A judge has sentenced 20-year-old Gulfport man to prison for the murder of 19-year-old Retrick Matthews on June 30, 2012.
The Sun Herald reports (https://bit.ly/R81HuC ) Circuit Judge Roger Clark sentenced Diaz Easterling to a 40-year prison term Tuesday and suspended 10 years, leaving 30 to serve followed by five years of post-release supervision.
Easterling had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Assistant District Attorney Crosby Parker says Matthews was shot near the Island View casino during a fight among recent high school graduates.
At his sentencing, Easterling confessed he fired a gun as he was running away from the fight.
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Information from: The Sun Herald, https://www.sunherald.com
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