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Man sentenced for assault in 2016 homicide

A man charged with killing Edward Lee Moore was sentenced to 44 months in jail.

Desean Burt was sentenced for aggravated assault on Dec. 15, 2017.

Burt pleaded guilty to an August 2017 aggravated assault as part of a plea deal. Following his sentence, he will be placed on three years of supervised release.

Moore was assaulted in May 2014 and found unconscious on the intersection of Fenwick Street and Okie Street, NE. Officers took him to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries. Moore died on Nov. 30, 2016, and his death was ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

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