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Studivant gets life in prison after guilty verdict in 2017 murder

Jury votes to convict on all counts in Gainesville shooting case

Marquis Studivant is removed from Hall County Superior Court by Hall County Deputies Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, after an outburst in reaction to the guilty verdict. Studivant was given a life sentence by Judge Andrew Fuller for the murder in the April 4 shooting of Dennis Gayton, 47, on Carlton Street in Gainesville.

08172018 STUDIVANT 4.jpg — Marquis Studivant is removed from Hall County Superior Court by Hall County Deputies Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, after an outburst in reaction to the guilty verdict. Studivant was given a life sentence by Judge Andrew Fuller for the murder in the April 4 shooting of Dennis Gayton, 47, on Carlton Street in Gainesville.

The jury convicted on felony murder and all eight subsequent counts in the April 4, 2017 fatal shooting of Dennis Gayton on Carlton Street in Gainesville.