MADISON — A Morgan County jury on Wednesday, Jan. 10, deliberated 45 minutes before returning guilty verdicts against a man charged with malice murder and felony murder in the shooting death of a McDonough man during a child custody exchange.
Charles Corbitt, 29, of Augusta, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole plus five years by Superior Court Judge Brenda Trammell. The sentencing came at the end of a three-day trial.
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