Brewer Seeks New Trial As Sentencing Looms

Defense argues jury instructions undermined Stand Your Ground theory.

Conchtown shooter Preston Brewer faces life in prison without parole for the 2023 murder of 21-year-old Garrett Hughes. / ABTFKW.COM

With Conchtown Shooter Preston Brewer’s sentencing scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m., his attorneys are asking Circuit Judge Mark Jones to grant the convicted murderer a new trial, arguing that critical jury inst…