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DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man convicted in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old French street artist faces sentencing.
Dionte Travis was found guilty of murder last month in the killing of Bilal Berreni of Paris. Court records say the 19-year-old's sentencing is scheduled Thursday.
His lawyer has said an appeal is planned.
Berreni was found dead with a gunshot wound to the face in July 2013. He had no identification, and it took months to identify him through fingerprints.
Travis earlier was convicted of armed robbery in the case and sentenced to 16 to 40 years. At his first trial the jury couldn't reach a verdict on the murder charge.
Two others pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Another suspect who was 13 at the time of the killing was convicted of murder.
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