From the Herald Dispatch, http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x1897323723/Garner-sentences-to-21-to-25-years-in-MU-players-death
HUNTINGTON-- Judge L.D. Egnor sentenced Jerel Garner to maximum sentence -- 21 to 25 years -- in the death of a former Marshall football player on Tuesday.
Garner was sentenced to 15 years on the voluntary manslaughter conviction, 5 years on wanton endangerment and 1 to 5 years on the carrying a concealed weapon without a license conviction. All of the sentences will run consecutive.
Garner of Charleston was convicted on all three charges in March in the shooting death of former Marshall University football standout Donte Newsome.
Experts testified in the trial that at least 10 gunshots were fired about 3 a.m. July 5, 2008, in the 600 block of 4th Avenue, outside of a nightclub formerly known as Fluid. Garner also received gunshot wounds from Ivan Clark, who witnesses testified fired in defense of his friends and former teammates.
The weeklong March trial focused on the question of self-defense.
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