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State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the Honorable Jonathan Sacks sentenced Michael Motley to 12 years and four months in Florida State Prison for DUI Manslaughter, a crime that killed 22-year-old Megan Mooney.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi to the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fourth Circuit.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Anthony Morgan guilty of one count of Sale, Manufacture, or Deliver a Controlled Substance within 1000 Feet of a Church or Convenience Business and one count of Sale, Manufacture, or Deliver a Methamphetamine within 1000 Feet of a Church or Convenience Business.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the returns by a Duval County grand jury today of indictments charging two defendants with First-Degree Murder and one defendant with Murder by Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that Danny Beard has pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder in the 2018 killing of Andrea Washington.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Darrion Mitchell guilty of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the Honorable Judge Tatiana Salvador sentenced James Hugh Whittaker to 20 years in Florida State Prison for Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Death.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Edward Culbertson guilty of two counts of Capital Sexual Battery, one count of Attempted Capital Sexual Battery, one count of Lewd/Lascivious Molestation, one count of Lewd/Lascivious Conduct, one count of Lewd/Lascivious Exhibition, and one count of Showing Obscene Material to a Minor.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury has found George Prince Jr. guilty of two counts of First-Degree Murder for the October 2019 murder of Iyana McGraw and her baby.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Greggory James guilty of First-Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Juvenile Delinquent. With the verdict, James faces a mandatory sentence of life in Florida State Prison. The Honorable Judge London Kite will formally sentence James at a future hearing.