LIVE: Watch sentencing hearing aboveThe man found guilty of killing Daytona Beach Police Officer Jason Raynor should learn his fate Friday. Othal Wallace will be sentenced in Volusia County court. A jury found him guilty of manslaughter with a firearm during a trial that was moved to Clay County last month. Wallace had been charged with first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer for the 2021 shooting of Raynor, who had approached him in his car behind a Daytona Beach apartment complex. If he’d been found guilty of murder, Wallace could have faced the death penalty. But during the trial, his attorneys framed the shooting as self-defense. They said Raynor had no legitimate reason to detain him and used unreasonable force when Wallace tried to walk away. The jury found Wallace guilty of manslaughter, which sentencing guidelines say could carry a prison term between 10.6 years to 30 years. Wallace’s defense filed a motion asking for a sentence shorter than the guidelines. They cite a number of cases from around the nation in which law enforcement officers received somewhat light sentences after being convicted of killing someone. Wallace’s sentencing hearing begins at 8:30 a.m.
LIVE: Watch sentencing hearing above
The man found guilty of killing Daytona Beach Police Officer Jason Raynor should learn his fate Friday.
Othal Wallace will be sentenced in Volusia County court. A jury found him guilty of manslaughter with a firearm during a trial that was moved to Clay County last month.
Wallace had been charged with first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer for the 2021 shooting of Raynor, who had approached him in his car behind a Daytona Beach apartment complex. If he’d been found guilty of murder, Wallace could have faced the death penalty.
But during the trial, his attorneys framed the shooting as self-defense. They said Raynor had no legitimate reason to detain him and used unreasonable force when Wallace tried to walk away.
The jury found Wallace guilty of manslaughter, which sentencing guidelines say could carry a prison term between 10.6 years to 30 years.
Wallace’s defense filed a motion asking for a sentence shorter than the guidelines. They cite a number of cases from around the nation in which law enforcement officers received somewhat light sentences after being convicted of killing someone.
Wallace’s sentencing hearing begins at 8:30 a.m.
