Judge H. Patrick Haggard was swift and decisive in the verdict handed down against Jose Antonio Ibarra in an Athens-Clarke County courtroom, taking just several minutes to deliberate and ultimately reach the conclusion that convicted Ibarra on all 10 counts against him.

The man accused of killing Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, at the University of Georgia in February was found guilty of murder on Wednesday. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Nursing student Laken Riley, 22, was murdered in February while she was out for a run near the University of Georgia.