CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Marion man’s sentencing hearing started Monday morning at 9, and now it will continue in two more weeks.

Baynon Berry has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection to a fatal 2023 shooting in Cedar Rapids.

He is one of four people charged in connection to the death of Michael McCune in 2023.

Monday, he was supposed to learn how long he would spend in prison.

Berry was 15 when he and three others planned to kill 16-year-old Michael McCune of Cedar Rapids. On February 18th of 2023, officers found McCune dead in the Tan Tara apartments on F Avenue Northwest. Police say McCune was shot 8 times.

Police say McCune was shot 8 times, but Berry wasn’t the one who killed McCune.

“Was the defendant the first to shoot at Michael McCnne?” was asked in cour

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