Judge sends man to prison for life in Florida road rage case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
A Florida man who sought to have a murder charge against him dropped based on the state's stand-your-ground law is heading to prison.
On Tuesday, a judge in Daytona Beach sentenced 64-year-old Robert Gelles to life in prison, saying he showed no remorse in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Joseph Bailey III in September 2015.
A jury found Gelles guilty of second-degree murder on Oct. 20. He faced a minimum of 25 years in prison. But the Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/2hHi56G ) reports Circuit Judge Terence Perkins handed down the life sentence. He said the shooting was neither justifiable or excusable.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
Witnesses testified that Bailey and Gelles were driving as if they were involved in a road rage incident before the confrontation took place in Port Orange.
___
Information from: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com