Sentencing set for Thursday in deadly San Bernardino shooting
The sentencing hearing for a man convicted in the deadly San Bernardino shooting of 20-year-old Eddie Griffin was postponed to Thursday, according to prosecutors.
Patrick Shaun Macon was set to be sentenced Tuesday in San Bernardino Superior Court, but Macon's lawyer, James Gass, was unavailable because he was in trial.
At a hearing in October, Gass told a judge that he wanted to respond in writing to a county Probation Department pre-sentencing report which recommended the maximum sentence for Macon. His client has no criminal record, Gass said.
Macon, 28, was convicted Sept. 8 of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter in the shooting. He faces about three decades in state prison at the maximum term, according to prosecutors.
Of three defendants who went to trial in Griffin's death, Macon was the only one convicted of shooting the victim inside a vehicle at the intersection of Medical Center Drive and Ninth Street on Feb. 9, 2007.
Macon's brother, 26-year-old Marsean Lamont Macon, was acquitted of all charges and special allegations in the case.
A third man, Norris Anthony Crawford, 29, was found not guilty of charges of murder and attempted murder at the trial, but the jury deadlocked on lesser charges against him.
Crawford later pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter and a sepcial allegation under the terms of a plea bargain, at a Nov. 26 hearing. He is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 22, according to court records.
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