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Burgest guilty of voluntary manslaughter in shooting death of De’onta Mosteller
Not murder, but could mean up to 20-year sentence, plus 5 for using a gun; sentencing hearing Feb. 28
Defendant Chaz Joseph Burgest, right, and defense attorney David N. Ghazi listen as Assistant District Attorney Russell Jones makes his first closing argument during Burgest's trial on Thursday, Feb. 9 for murder and related charges in the shooting death
Defendant Chaz Joseph Burgest, right, and defense attorney David N. Ghazi listen as Assistant District Attorney Russell Jones makes his first closing argument during Burgest's trial on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, for murder and related charges in the shooting death of De’onta Trowel Mosteller in April 2022. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff
A Bulloch County Superior Court jury on Thursday unanimously found Chaz Joseph Burgest guilty of voluntary manslaughter for shooting De’onta Trowel Mosteller to death last April 23, and guilty of possessing a firearm during commission of a felony.
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