THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, March 28, 1995 TAG: 9503280279
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B8 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
A jury has recommended a sentence of life plus 118 years in prison for a man convicted in the August 1993 slaying of a man in an Ocean View motel.
Shawn Johnson, 22, was found guilty Thursday of murder, robbery and use of a firearm.
It was his second trial on the charges. The first resulted in a hung jury on Dec. 13.
Johnson was one of several men charged with the slaying of 20-year-old Elijah Thornton III. Police said a group of men broke into an apartment in the 7900 block of Ransom Road and shot Thornton about 6 a.m. on Aug. 21, 1993.
Thornton, of Portsmouth, was employed by the Navy Exchange System.
KEYWORDS: MURDER SHOOTING ROBBERY TRIAL
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