FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 12, 2006

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the sentencing, in Bay County Circuit Court, of Eric Anthony Baker, Jr., to eight years in prison for his part in the April 16, 2006, murder of Woodrow Cherry.

Baker, 19, or Florence Street in Parker, was convicted of Accessory After the Fact to Second Degree Murder with a Firearm. Baker testified in the trial of Daryl Black, who was convicted of First Degree Murder and is scheduled for sentencing on December 13 at 9:30 a.m.

At each trial, evidence was presented to show that Black shot and killed Cherry and that Baker provided transportation and aid after the fact.

Judge Glenn L. Hess followed Baker’s prison sentence with eight years probation. Under Florida law, Baker will be required to serve at least 85 per cent of his sentence.