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A man convicted in the deadly 2021 shooting in a Carmichael has been sentenced to 61 years to life in prison, the District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday.
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Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle handed down the sentence to Larell Weathers, 39, after a jury convicted him on April 7 of second-degree murder, shooting at an inhabited house, and possessing a firearm as a felon in the fatal shooting of Marcellus Cory Baker-Lee on June 21, 2021.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, Weathers was armed with a loaded gun when he went to a Carmichael apartment to confront a man in a dispute with his sister on the day of the shooting. Weathers forced the man to sit outside the apartment on a bench. When Baker-Lee began to open the front door from inside the apartment, Weathers shot at it, killing him.
Weathers fled the scene and the firearm used in Baker-Lee’s killing was never recovered.
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The jury found true allegations that Weathers had used a firearm causing death and faced a prior conviction for residential burglary. They also determined two true aggravating factors in the case, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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