Sentencing Delayed For Man Convicted Of 2011 Midland Murder
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: February 5, 2013
MIDLAND -- A convicted Midland murderer will have to wait a bit longer to be sentenced.
Christopher Hill was supposed to be sentenced Tuesday, but that proceeding has been moved to February 12th.
Hill's attorneys had asked that the judge for the case -- Jody Gilles -- sentence him.
However, Gilles will be at a conference until next week, so he'll make his decision next week.
Jurors found Hill guilty of the murder of Jeremy Johnson around 4:15 PM on February 4th.
Hill, 26, shot Johnson, 28, multiple times in Johnson's living room of Johnson's home at 911 North Weatherford Street on September 18, 2011.
Johnson was rushed to Midland Memorial Hospital after the shooting, but he didn't survive.
M.M.H. was also locked down after Johnson was admitted.
U.S. Marshals later arrested Hill at a motel in Seminole County, FL on September 29, 2011.
Hill testified in his own trial on February 1st, and he admitted that he shot Johnson.
However, Hill said he shot Johnson only because he was afraid that Johnson would shoot him.
Christopher Hill was supposed to be sentenced Tuesday, but that proceeding has been moved to February 12th.
Hill's attorneys had asked that the judge for the case -- Jody Gilles -- sentence him.
However, Gilles will be at a conference until next week, so he'll make his decision next week.
Jurors found Hill guilty of the murder of Jeremy Johnson around 4:15 PM on February 4th.
Hill, 26, shot Johnson, 28, multiple times in Johnson's living room of Johnson's home at 911 North Weatherford Street on September 18, 2011.
Johnson was rushed to Midland Memorial Hospital after the shooting, but he didn't survive.
M.M.H. was also locked down after Johnson was admitted.
U.S. Marshals later arrested Hill at a motel in Seminole County, FL on September 29, 2011.
Hill testified in his own trial on February 1st, and he admitted that he shot Johnson.
However, Hill said he shot Johnson only because he was afraid that Johnson would shoot him.
