The sentencing for convicted Hannibal murderer David A. Ater has been postponed from Wednesday until Jan. 6.
St. Charles County Judge Daniel G. Pelikan ordered the continuation because a sentencing assessment report has not been completed by the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole.
The report is used in determining the sentence to be imposed.
A jury in September convicted Ater of second-degree murder and kidnapping in the Aug. 10, 2008, beating death of Hannibal businessman Rodney Wood in the 2100 block of Broadway.
The case was heard in St. Charles County on a change of venue. Ater could get up to 60 years in prison.
Wood was riding home from a family get-together on a moped and Ater was partying at the nearby home of his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Wright.
After the attack, Ater was accused of barricading himself, Wright, former co-defendant Nathan A. Stice and four women inside Wright’s house while police searched the neighborhood.
Stice, 22, pleaded guilty earlier to involuntary manslaughter and felonious restraint in exchange for testifying against Ater. He was sentenced to 22 years behind bars.
Watch for additional updates at www.hannibal.net and a complete story in Tuesday’s print edition of the Courier-Post.
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The sentencing for convicted Hannibal murderer David A. Ater has been postponed from Wednesday until Jan. 6.
St. Charles County Judge Daniel G. Pelikan ordered the continuation because a sentencing assessment report has not been completed by the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole.
The report is used in determining the sentence to be imposed.
A jury in September convicted Ater of second-degree murder and kidnapping in the Aug. 10, 2008, beating death of Hannibal businessman Rodney Wood in the 2100 block of Broadway.
The case was heard in St. Charles County on a change of venue. Ater could get up to 60 years in prison.
Wood was riding home from a family get-together on a moped and Ater was partying at the nearby home of his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Wright.
After the attack, Ater was accused of barricading himself, Wright, former co-defendant Nathan A. Stice and four women inside Wright’s house while police searched the neighborhood.
Stice, 22, pleaded guilty earlier to involuntary manslaughter and felonious restraint in exchange for testifying against Ater. He was sentenced to 22 years behind bars.
Watch for additional updates at www.hannibal.net and a complete story in Tuesday’s print edition of the Courier-Post.
