Carressa Hall watches proceedings Thursday during the murder trial of Unjolee Moore.
Unjolee Tremone Moore is escorted into Judge Don Poole’s courtroom to continue his trial in the killing of Bernard Hughes at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Courts Building on Thursday.The childhood friend of a man killed during a failed 2010 home invasion hopes Friday’s guilty verdict for one of the attackers will be repeated next month when two accused in the case are tried.
Timothy Westfield spoke moments after a jury declared Unjolee Moore guilty of first-degree murder in the June 29, 2010, shooting death of Bernard Hughes.
Moore, 27, was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 52 years.
Westfield was in Hughes’ apartment at 4417 Oakwood Drive when Hughes answered the door and began fighting off men trying to rob him. Westfield tried to help Hughes and was shot in the hand.
Hughes, 46, was shot in the head and arm. He died immediately.