Wes Moore: Final Sentence (actual article) part II

Donald Antonio White Jr., 19, and Troy White, 23, both of Baltimore, each were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole last fall after they were convicted by separate juries of felony murder.

Richard Moore, 30, of Baltimore, was charged as the shooter and avoided a possible death sentence April 30 by pleading guilty to felony murder in exchange for a sentence of life without parole.

Paul DeWolfe, Wesley Moore's lawyer, had asked Smith for a sentence that would give Moore the chance of parole. 

DeWolfe said that Moore has converted to Islam in jail, considers himself a father figure to his four children and talks to them almost every day on the telephone. he also emphasized that a few years ago, Moore participated in an eight-month Job Corps program that taught him construction skills and that he led a crime-free life from 1997 until a few weeks before the killing. 

But Assistant State's Attorney S. Ann Brobst told Smith yesterday that as a participant in the murder, Moore caused "immeasurable" pain. "The victim impact (statement) shows this murder caused a pain so immeasurable, not only in the lives of his family members, but in the community as a whole," Brobst said. 

Moments after the hearing, Detective Philip Marll, the lead investigator on the case, arrested Wesley Moore's girlfriend, Parcha McFadden, took her out of the courtroom in handcuffs and charged her with perjury for her testimony during Moore's trial.

McFadden, 24, of the 1100 block of W. Saratoga St. in Baltimore, was being held last night at the Balitmore County Detention Center on $50,000 bail.

Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore