A Florida man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a Navy sailor

NORFOLK, Va. — A 22-year-old man will spend the next 30 years in prison in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Marine.

According to court documents, Robert Jackson killed Haniah Sturdivant in 2021 outside the Titustown apartment complex in Norfolk.

He was sentenced last Friday after pleading no contest to second-degree murder. In exchange for Jackson’s plea to murder, the community agreed to dismiss his other charges.

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The judge accepted the plea and found him guilty. After Jackson’s 30 years in prison, he will be subject to 2 years of post-release supervision.