Quentin Lamont Porter sentenced to 60 years in the murder of Malik Darea Sims
A years-long legal process including postponement, a mistrial and finally a seven-day legal proceeding, led to the murder conviction of Quentin Lamont Porter. On Wednesday, the Owen Circuit Court I handed down its sentence: 60 years.
Porter was convicted on five counts related to the killing of Malik Darea Sims including theft and identity deception, but the sentences for each would be served concurrently, making the 60-year sentence for murder the maximum time served.
While Judge VanDerMoere II handed down the sentence, the proceedings in this case are not yet over. Sims and his public defender have filed an appeal, and new public counsel will now be provided to Sims as he seeks to appeal his case in the Indiana Appellate Court. If the appeal is granted, Sims’s public defender would need to prove that there was a mistake in the legal proceedings that convicted and sentenced him. If the appeal is denied, Sims will report to an Indiana Correctional facility to begin serving his sentence.
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