Man pleads guilty in Amherst murder
Robert Charles Gleason Jr., 38, plead guilty in Amherst Circuit Court to the first-degree murder of Michael Kent Jamerson of Madison Heights,
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By Aaron Lee
Media General News Service
Published: April 24, 2008
AMHERST- A murder trial that began this morning with outbursts from the defendant ended before lunch with guilty pleas.
Robert Charles Gleason Jr., 38, plead guilty in Amherst Circuit Court to the first-degree murder of Michael Kent Jamerson of Madison Heights, whose body was found near Virginia 130 in May 2007.
Gleason had been scheduled for a two-day murder trial, but the jury had not been selected before Gleason told Judge Michael Gamble, “Let’s just get this over with ... let’s just get this over with today.”
Gamble repeatedly asked Gleason if he would like additional time to consider his decision to plead to the charge and each time Gleason refused.
A turkey hunter found Jamerson’s body in a wooded area along Virginia 130, prosecutors said. An autopsy showed he was shot four times – twice in the head and twice in his torso.
The gun used in the murder was found several miles from Jamerson’s body on the bank of the James River by a Liberty University student who was fishing.
Gleason’s pleas came after he used a string of profanities to denounce the court on Wednesday morning and was removed.
He is scheduled for sentencing on June 5 . He faces up to life in prison.
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