Man sentenced to 55 years in Longview murder case asks for appeal

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) – A Gregg County judge sentenced a DeSoto man to 55 years in prison for a 2017 murder. On Thursday, Cody Fortman apologized to the family and said he wants to appeal his sentence. Fortman, 29, pleaded guilty to murder in June 2022, after Nicholas Trevion Johnson,…

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