A Richmond County jury deliberated only a few minutes Wednesday before finding an Augusta man guilty in a 2019 homicide.
Day’Shon Antoine Kimble, 25, was found guilty in the July 24, 2019, death of Jahlil Brickhouse, 20.
Richmond County Superior Court Judge John Flythe sentenced Kimble to life in prison with the possibility of parole, plus five years, which will put him behind bars for at least 35 years.
Kimble had been indicted alongside Ryan Marquise Taylor, 33, whose case is pending, in the double homicide of Brickhouse and Malik Harvey, 19.
According to the indictment, the four men were making a marijuana drug deal at a south Augusta apartment complex when Kimble pulled out a gun and tried to rob Brickhouse.
Taylor and Brickhouse both pointed guns back and shot, and Harvey and Brickhouse got killed.
In a statement, District Attorney Jared Williams said Kimble devised the plan to rob Brickhouse, and Brickhouse fought back. “In his cowardice, Kimble shot the victim in the back,” Williams said.
In another case being heard Wednesday, a jury deliberated through the afternoon on the guilt or innocence of Jamario Delgado Anderson, 25 and returns Thursday to continue.
Prosecutor Justin Mullis said Anderson shot and killed Jaylyne Cannon, 18, at a party in the Meadowbrook Drive area. Cannon, known as J.J., was seated on the floor of a room, talking to Anderson’s ex-girlfriend when Anderson shot him, Mullis said.
Anderson took the stand Wednesday and claimed self-defense. Lawyers Jordan Price argued there were many inconsistencies in witnesses’ descriptions of the incident.
