Michael Dunn’s Sentencing Delayed

Story by AP

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael Dunn, convicted of "attempted murder" in the murder of 17 year old African-American youth Jordan Davis in a confrontation over loud music in a car he was riding in, will have to wait until at least Friday to see if a judge sentences him or waits until after 47-year old Michael Dunn’s retrial on first-degree murder.

Michael Dunn could face a maximum of 60 years in prison for the charges on which he already has been convicted.

Michael Dunn’s attorney on Monday asked that sentencing be postponed until after the second trial. Defense attorney Cory Strolla says he is concerned that statements Michael Dunn makes at a sentencing hearing could be used against him in his second trial.

Strolla also said he is stepping down as Michael Dunn’s attorney and asked Judge Russell Healey to appoint public defenders.

Healey, an interim circuit judge, said he has never come across a case with similar circumstances in 150 trials.

“I’ve never had a hung jury,” Healey said at Monday’s hearing.

A mistrial was declared on the murder charge after jurors deliberated for four days. The 12 jurors found him guilty of three counts of "attempted" second-degree murder (Jordan Davis died from the Dunn shooting), and a count of firing into an occupied car.

Michael Dunn was charged with fatally shooting Jordan Davis, of Marietta, Ga., in 2012 after the argument over loud music coming from the SUV occupied by Jordan Davis and three friends.

The teens were black. Michael Dunn, who is white, had described the music to his fiancee as “thug music.”