BRIDGEPORT — A local man who claimed he shot another man four times in the back in self-defense is facing 65 years in prison.
A 12-member, Superior Court jury deliberated two and a half days before finding 22-year-old Jovanne Brown guilty of felony murder, first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit.
Brown is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Kevin Russo on Oct. 23.
“The jury worked conscientiously to arrive at the appropriate verdict,” said Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney C. Robert Satti Jr., who prosecuted the case with Assistant State’s Attorney Edward Miller. “I’m proud of the work done by members of the Bridgeport Police Department in solving this case.”
On Feb. 24, 2017, 26-year-old Michael Watkins was found lying on Berkshire Avenue. He had been shot four times in the back and once in the side and died at Bridgeport Hospital.
Police said Watkins had been negotiating the sale of three pounds of marijuana in a car with Brown and another man when Brown shot him. They then dumped Watkins’ body out of the car and took off with the marijuana.
But Brown testified he was only along for the ride and had shot Watkins in self-defense.
He claimed he had just gotten home from his job in Westport when he got a call from a friend who offered him $2,000 to help another man out with a drug deal.
Brown said he later got into a car driven by a man he didn’t know who drove them to Berkshire Avenue. Once there, Brown said...
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