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Man sentenced to 55 years in prison for 2017 Longview murder

By Sharon Raissi,

16 hours ago

LONGVIEW, Texas ( KETK ) – A man was sentenced to 55 years after pleading guilty to a 2017 murder.

28-year-old Cody Fortman from DeSoto was sentenced in a Gregg County court on Tuesday.

He pleaded guilty back in June 2022 to the murder charge.

He is charged in connection to the death of 22-year-old Nicholas Trevion Johnson, a Longview man who was found dead from gunshot wounds in a home on Annette Drive.

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