Story highlights Morsy and more than 100 others are sentenced to death over a 2011 jailbreak

The sentences can be appealed and must still be confirmed by the Grand Mufti

Cairo (CNN) Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced Saturday by a Cairo court to death -- the latest judicial setback for the ousted leader. He was convicted in a 2011 prison break.

Morsy's name, along with those of more than 100 other defendants, will be passed to the Grand Mufti, the highest legal authority in Egypt, who will have the final say on their sentence. The verdict will be confirmed June 2.

This was the harshest sentence that Morsy could have expected to receive in the case.

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and a former parliament speaker, Mohamed Saad El-Katatny, also were referred to the Grand Mufti in the jailbreak case.

Cairo's military-installed government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood, branding it a terrorist group -- an allegation it denies.

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