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Convicted Youngstown murderer given second life prison term

A Youngstown man who acted as his own attorney during his trial was handed a second life sentence on Tuesday.

Tuesday, May 11th 2021, 10:30 AM EDT

Updated:

Tuesday, May 11th 2021, 10:31 AM EDT

By Mike Gauntner

Brian Donlow Jr.

YOUNGSTOWN - A Youngstown man who acted as his own attorney during his trial was handed a second life sentence on Tuesday.

Brian Donlow Junior, 26, was sentenced for the murder of Christopher Jackson Junior in 2018.

Last month a jury convicted Donlow of murder and all six criminal counts against him. He was also found guilty of attempted murder for hurting another man in the incident.

Donlow was already serving fifteen years to life sentence for another shooting death; that of 30-year-old Brandon Wylie at the Plaza View Apartments in 2018.

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