Ex-officer gets life in prison for Andre Hill murder

• The sentence is mandatory under Ohio law, and Coy will be eligible for parole in 15 years. Hill was inside a garage holding a cellphone and keys which Coy told jurors he mistook for a gun.

The bottom line: "Mr. Hill did absolutely everything you asked him to do… which is come out of the garage with his hands up," said Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Stephen McIntosh after handing down his sentence, the Dispatch reported.

• "When someone complies with everything the officer asks them to do and still gets shot, that officer, that individual needs to be held responsible."
• "I think that's what the jurors did in this case."

What comes next: Coy, 48, who is being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma, told the court on Monday that he plans to appeal the verdict and his "actions were justified," the Associated Press reported.