Sentencing Delayed Again for Convicted Killer

It’s been just over a month since twenty-two-year-old Cassian Billary was found guilty of murder, but his sentencing is still on hold. Billary was convicted back in June for the 2020 killing of nineteen-year-old Micah Baltazar. But today, when he appeared before Justice Candace Nanton, he was told the court still isn’t ready to move forward with sentencing. Why? A key document, the Social Inquiry Report, is still missing. When asked if anyone from the Community Rehabilitation Department had spoken to him, Billary said no. That delay forced the judge to push the matter back once again, with no new date confirmed just yet. Billary, who was only eighteen at the time of the incident, claimed he acted under duress, that it was either his life or Baltazar’s. But the court didn’t buy that argument. Justice Nanton rejected his defense, pointing to the events leading up to the shooting, and ultimately found him guilty of murder. He’s being represented by attorney Leeroy Banner, and his next court appearance is tentatively set for July twenty-fourth at the High Court.