A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for a Birmingham home invasion that killed a man and wounded his pregnant girlfriend.

Melvin Charles Morris, 46, was initially charged with capital murder during a burglary in the Feb. 6, 2020, shooting death of 27-year-old Devonta Reddick.

He was also charged with attempted murder in the wounding of Sabrea Baylor, who delivered the couple’s baby the day after the shooting.

A Jefferson County jury in July convicted Morris on the lesser charges of felony murder and first-degree assault in Baylor’s wounding.

Circuit Judge Stephen Wallace on Tuesday sentenced Morris to two life in prison sentences, to be served concurrently. Morris was sentenced under the state’s habitual offender laws because he had two prior felony convictions.

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