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Chaz Burgest sentenced to 25 years total for Mosteller manslaughter, gun charge
Mother asked for minimum; he got max; appeal notice on file
Defendant Chaz Joseph Burgest, right, and defense attorney David N. Ghazi listen as Assistant District Attorney Russell Jones makes his first closing argument during Burgest's trial on Thursday, Feb. 9 for murder and related charges in the shooting death
Defendant Chaz Joseph Burgest, right, and defense attorney David N. Ghazi listen as Assistant District Attorney Russell Jones makes his first closing argument during Burgest's trial on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, for murder and related charges in the shooting death of De’onta Trowel Mosteller in April 2022. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff
Chaz Joseph Burgest, 33, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter plus five years, consecutive, for possessing a firearm during commission of a felony in the April 23, 2022, shooting death of De’onta Trowel Mosteller 26, at a Statesboro apartment complex.
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