[Update] Valdosta, GA - September 25, 2012 11:22

A man accused of gunning down another man on his front porch back in 2010 was found guilty on all counts today.

23-year-old Brandon Henry will now be serving a life sentence. It only took the jury one hour to decide all three counts.

Henry is accused of the murder and burglary of John Golden in August 2010.

He was shot 15 times in his torso by an AK-47 assault rifle.
According to Valdosta Police, this all happened in the aftermath of a party were several fights broke out that involved both men.

In trial, Henry denied everything to the very end, but it wasn't enough to convince the jury.

Lekendria Golden, Victim's Sister: "oh my heart just dropped. We were all so happy. You couldn't really express your feelings in there but we were all holding hands in the front row and when the verdict was read we couldn't do nothing but squeeze each others hands with happiness."

Henry is convicted of burglary, malice murder, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

Henry was given a life sentence, but the judge left the possibility of parole after 30 years.
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[Update] Valdosta, GA - September 25, 2012

Two years have done little to bury the anger for the family of 39-year-old John Golden. Golden was gunned down by 23-year-old Brandon Henry on his front porch in August 2010.

It only took the jury one hour to decide all three counts. Henry buried his face in his hands as he learned his fate. He will now be serving a life sentence but with the possibility of parole after 30 years.

"Really, we were hoping for the death penalty, but it's okay," said Rasheda Moss, Golden's sister.

"His family can come visit him in jail but we'll never see my brother again until we meet him in heaven," said Lekendria Golden, Golden's other sister.

Golden was shot 15 times in his torso by an AK-47 assault rifle. According to Valdosta Police, it happened in the aftermath of a party were several fights broke out that involved both men. In trial, Henry denied everything to the very end. But it was not enough to convince the jury or Golden's family.

"He still gets to live a life and have people visit him and communicate with people but my brother is taken from this world forever," said Lekendria Golden.

Henry was convicted of burglary, malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

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Valdosta, GA - September 25, 2012

The jury went into deliberations at 1:45 pm Tuesday after breaking for an hour lunch in the trial of 23-year-old Brandon Henry. Henry is accused of the murder and burglary of 39-year-old John Golden on Monday, August 9th 2010. The trial is expected to wrap up Tuesday afternoon.

Valdosta police arrested Henry about two days after the shooting death of Golden at a residence on Palm Place. Golden was shot 15 times in his torso by an AK-47 assault rifle as he stood on the front porch of his home on Nardo Street cooking food.

Henry faces charges of burglary, malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The incident reportedly happened after a party that had seen several fights.

In his trial in the Lowndes County Superior Court, Henry denied committing the murder, ever holding an AK-47 at anytime in his life, and said he denied using Clorox Bleach to wipe away evidence by saying it was instead to treat a bee sting.

Three different witnesses who did not know each other testified to seeing Henry with a black plastic trash bag. The prosecution says the gun was in that bag.