Overview
- Orleans Parish Judge Dennis Waldron imposed two life sentences plus two consecutive 50-year terms for the 2018 Mardi Gras party shooting.
- The judge said Derrick Groves showed no remorse during and after his flight, citing video of him smiling and blowing kisses following his capture.
- Groves was the last of 10 inmates recaptured after a May escape through a hole behind a jail toilet, with graffiti left at the scene reading “To Easy LoL,” and he was found beneath a house in Atlanta.
- Relatives detailed the toll of the killings of Jamar Robinson and Byron Jackson, including testimony describing one victim dying in a car after AK-style rifle fire.
- Groves’ attorney said he maintains his innocence, intends to appeal the convictions, and still faces separate charges over the jailbreak.