Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Murder Trial
Posted/updated on: September 30, 2012 at 9:51 am
MARSHALL — A Harrison County jury sentenced Colin Rider to 30 years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of murdering Carroll Gene Reeves, of Hallsville. Reeves was shot in the back at his own home after Rider claimed self defense in a drug deal gone bad. According to KETK and the Longview News-Journal, the jury deliberated about an hour before delivering the guilty verdict and another hour after testimony in the punishment phase to deliver the sentence. Harrison County District Attorney Coke Soloman asked members of the jury to send Rider, 31, to prison for life. Rider’s attorney, Rick Hagan, told jurors he respected their decision on the verdict. He asked jurors to give him a sentence that would punish him as well as give him a chance to rehabilitate. Solomon said Rider has proven he doesn’t want rehabilitation.
