According to a press release from the Department of Law, 55-year-old Brett Gilbert was convicted on Feb. 1. Gilbert is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on June 1, and could face up to 99 years in prison.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A Fairbanks man was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder on Wednesday, years after he swung a hatchet on another man at a nightclub in Fairbanks in 2017.
“On the evening of July 30, 2017, Gilbert attacked Mitchell at the Club Machu, striking him repeatedly with a hatchet,” the release said. “Mitchell died of multiple chop wounds. During trial, Gilbert testified he was scared of Mitchell and argued he acted in a heat of passion. The jury disagreed and convicted Gilbert of murder in the first degree for intentionally causing the death of Mark Mitchell.
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