After Green received his sentence, 3News spoke with his Defense Attorney Mark Stolley and what he and his client thought about the verdict.

Corpus Christi (KIII News) — A man received a sentence in the murder of a transgender woman.

On Tuesday 40-year-old Cedric Green was sentenced to 65 years behind bars for being involved in organized criminal activity.

Green is one of four people charged in the death of 47-year-old Elizabeth Stephanie Montez. In October of 2017, Montez was shot and killed after an argument over $20.

After Green received his sentence, 3News spoke with his Defense Attorney Mark Stolley and what he and his client thought about the verdict.

"He said that he didn't do it that he's not guilty. That was his defense all along, and he plans on appealing, and he didn't get what the state was asking. They wanted him life in prison so take some solace in that he didn't get life in prison," Stolley said.

Three other people have been charged in connection with Montez's death: Randy Dorsey made a plea deal with prosecutors, Chloe Huehlefeld was offered 40 years in exchange for her testimony against Green and another defendant, and Jace Montange is scheduled for trial early in 2019.

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