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AKRON —
A judge met with attorneys for an hour and a half Monday morning before postponing Brogan Rafferty’s sentencing to Friday.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys wouldn’t comment on the discussions, which were thought to concern a deal for Rafferty’s testimony against his co-defendant Richard J. Beasley.
A Summit County jury convicted Rafferty, 17, of Stow, on Tuesday of the aggravated murders of three men and the attempted murder of a fourth.
The maximum sentence is life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Authorities say Rafferty was a willing accomplice in Beasley’s scheme to lure victims to Noble County in southern Ohio last year with phony Craigslist job offers, rob them and kill them.
Common Pleas Judge Lynne S. Callahan had scheduled sentencing for Monday morning, and family members of the victims, as well as Rafferty's supporters assembled at the courthouse.
But after the conference in the judge’s chambers, as well as discussions between the attorneys and their respective sides, the sentencing was postponed.
Beasley, 53, of Akron, is set for trial in January. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
A judge met with attorneys for an hour and a half Monday morning before postponing Brogan Rafferty’s sentencing to Friday.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys wouldn’t comment on the discussions, which were thought to concern a deal for Rafferty’s testimony against his co-defendant Richard J. Beasley.
A Summit County jury convicted Rafferty, 17, of Stow, on Tuesday of the aggravated murders of three men and the attempted murder of a fourth.
The maximum sentence is life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Authorities say Rafferty was a willing accomplice in Beasley’s scheme to lure victims to Noble County in southern Ohio last year with phony Craigslist job offers, rob them and kill them.
Common Pleas Judge Lynne S. Callahan had scheduled sentencing for Monday morning, and family members of the victims, as well as Rafferty's supporters assembled at the courthouse.
But after the conference in the judge’s chambers, as well as discussions between the attorneys and their respective sides, the sentencing was postponed.
Beasley, 53, of Akron, is set for trial in January. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
