had confessed to police that he killed Mr. Crawford. The defense argued that Lindsey's parents urged their son to confess by suggesting that he may receive leniency if he did. Covert also granted a motion for another trial date as defense attorney Frank McDermott stated that he would not be able to be prepared in such a short amount of time. Trial was removed from the December 12 date and replaced with a pretrial hearing. Covert said he will schedule pretrial hearings every three weeks which is something he typically does when a case of his moves slowly. On December 12, 2011, Covert set the trial for March 19, 2012. Jury selection began on March 19, 2012, with testimony beginning the next day. Lindsey's defense team's strategy was to convince the jury that manslaughter took place. They portrayed Lindsey as a scared youth, while prosecutors, including Pinellas-Pasco state attorney Bernie McCabe, portrayed this as an intentional murder of a law enforcement officer by mentioning the fact that he shot Crawford five times and did not miss a bullet. On March 23, Lindsey was convicted of Crawford's murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In October 2013, Lindsey's life sentence was upheld in court after an appeal. On January 20, 2017, Lindsey's attorneys requested for his sentence to be reduced to 40 years. However, on January 27, 2017, Lindsey's life sentence was again upheld and the judge stated that the sentence would be reviewed in 2036, after 25 years served. Lindsey is currently imprisoned in the Blackwater Correctional Facility. References External links Pinellas County Jail booking information Department of Corrections profile 1995 births Living people African-American people American people convicted of murdering police officers People convicted of murder by Florida Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Florida