Two Georgia Men Sentenced to Life in Prison after Pleading Guilty to Murder

Dec 29, 2010 - 08:35
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Two Georgia Men Sentenced to Life in Prison after Pleading Guilty to Murder

Two Georgia men have been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in a North Carolina double slaying.

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that 29-year-old Jason Christopher Johnson and 27-year-old Jeffery C. Miles were sentenced Tuesday in Swain County after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery.

The Decatur, Ga. men were charged in the 2008 deaths of 33-year-old Jason Scott Wiggins and 34-year-old Michael Heath Compton. A third man was shot but survived.

Authorities say Miles, Johnson and 19-year-old Jada McCutcheon kicked in the door at Wiggins' home after meeting a man who said they might find valuables there.

McCutcheon hanged herself in jail last year. Three others charged in the case are awaiting trial.

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