Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Michael Lamar Orr, 56A Chattanooga man was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison in the 2022 death of Samuel Moore Jr.
Michael Orr, 56, pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of second-degree murder as part of an agreement with prosecutors, a judgment document shows. He was originally facing a first-degree murder charge.
Orr also had a robbery charge against him dismissed in line with the plea deal Friday, the judgment states.
Chattanooga police responded on the morning of June 20, 2022, to 951 Boynton Drive for a report of a person dead on arrival, according to a sworn law enforcement statement in the case.