CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A North Charleston man sentenced in 2009 to 39 years in prison for killing a known drug dealer is free after accepting a plea deal before his re-trial.
The Post and Courier reports Tuesday (https://bit.ly/2ixumM9 ) that 31-year-old Travoris Hurst walked free from the county jail Dec. 6.
Hurst was convicted of murder for a 2007 cemetery shooting investigators called a botched robbery.
When he tried to appeal, audio recordings of his trial were missing, causing an appeals court to reverse his conviction.
Days before his scheduled second trial, Hurst pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and got credit for the nine years since his arrest. He will be on probation for five years.
His attorney Charles Cochran says Hurst maintains he’s innocent but took the plea to get out of jail.
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Information from: The Post and Courier, https://www.postandcourier.com
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