Baltimore Witness reported Judge Althea M. Handy sentenced Jarvis Sir Goria Joyner to life for both first-degree murder counts in the killing of Deon Beasley.

The July 28 verdicts are the jury's findings. Monday's life term, and the consecutive firearm term as the paper printed it, are the sentence. "A life sentence for both counts" is not a printed pair of consecutive life terms, and it is not life without parole. An announcement that he will appeal is not an order setting the verdict aside.

Baltimore Witness, in a Nov. 2, 2026, story by Hannah Scopp, reported that Jarvis Sir Goria Joyner, 35, was sentenced that day before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy, following a guilty verdict on multiple charges including first-degree murder. It reported he was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, firearm use in a violent crime, conspiracy to use a firearm in a violent crime, and conspiracy to have a loaded handgun in a vehicle, after a jury trial that concluded on July 28. It reported the charges are in connection with the murder of 36-year-old Deon Beasley outside a barbershop in the 800 block of Washington Boulevard on Jan. 12, 2024. It reported the prosecution recommended the maximum sentence of life imprisonment plus 40 years. It reported Judge Handy sentenced Joyner to a life sentence for both counts of first-degree murder, followed by 20 years, 5 years without the possibility of parole for firearm use in a violent crime, which will run consecutive to the murder charge. It reported he was also sentenced to 20 years for conspiracy to use a firearm in a violent crime, which will run concurrent to the firearm use charge and is merged with the conspiracy to have a loaded handgun in a vehicle charge. Life plus 40 years is what the prosecution recommended. Twenty years consecutive, with the paper's comma before "5 years without the possibility of parole," plus 20 years concurrent and merged, is what the paper reported Handy imposed. The paper does not print life without parole on the murder counts. A life sentence for both counts is the paper's phrase. It is not a printed statement that two life terms run consecutively to each other.

The same story reported that after co-defendant Terrill Barfield, 39, received a life sentence for similar charges, the prosecution and the defense argued their recommendations for Joyner. It reported the prosecution labeled Joyner the "lookout" inside the vehicle that drove past the barber shop twice, that he received a text message from Barfield displaying videos of the victim's social media profile, and that he was deemed a "subsequent offender" with the acknowledgment of two prior violent crime cases. Barber shop, in that sentence, and barbershop, in the paragraph above it, are both in the story. It reported defense attorney Jerry Rodriguez argued that nothing would have changed if Joyner had not been present, that his involvement was merely "passive," that he was only a passenger, that he did not respond to the text messages, and that evidence pointed to the other co-defendants. It reported Rodriguez told Handy the other violent crimes were from approximately 20 years ago and recommended a suspended life sentence of all but 40 years. A suspended life of all but 40 years is the defense recommendation. It is not the sentence in the paragraph above. It reported the defendant's sister spoke for him and that Joyner gave a brief statement, expressing his intent to appeal because he believes he was wrongfully convicted, and expressing condolences to the victim's family. The sister is not named. Intent to appeal is his statement. It is not an appellate order. Baltimore Witness's July 28 story, bylined jasimanaenewman, reported the trial of Terrill Barfield, 40, and Jarvis Sir Goria Joyner, 35, ended that day in guilty verdicts before the same judge, and that sentencing for both was scheduled for Nov. 2. Forty, on July 28, and 39, on Nov. 2, are not the same age for Barfield. It reported prosecutors acknowledged that neither man fired the shots and argued Barfield was the getaway driver and Joyner the lookout. It reported Joyner was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony or violent crime, conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony or violent crime, and conspiracy to have a loaded handgun in a vehicle. Firearm use in a felony or violent crime, on July 28, and firearm use in a violent crime, on Nov. 2, are not the same count line. It reported a judgment of acquittal on firearm possession with a felony conviction, and acquittals on having a loaded handgun on his person, conspiracy to have a loaded handgun on his person, and reckless endangerment. "Similar charges," in the Nov. 2 story's sentence about Barfield, is not that July 28 list.

FOX45, by Alexa Dikos, published Nov. 26, 2025, at 2:52 p.m. and updated at 3:06 p.m., reported the arrests in the same killing. Its caption on the booking-photo grid reads, "32-year-old Jarvis Joyner (top left)," and the station said the photographs were courtesy of the Baltimore Police Department. Thirty-two, in that caption, and 35, in the Nov. 2 Baltimore Witness story, are not the same age. Jarvis Joyner, in the FOX45 caption, and Jarvis Sir Goria Joyner, in Baltimore Witness, are not the same full name on the page. The station reported he was charged then with conspiracy to commit murder and multiple handgun violations, while the other three men arrested were charged with first- and second-degree murder. Charged, in November 2025, is not the July 28 verdict. It reported officers responded around 4:13 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2024, to the 800 block of Washington Boulevard, that Beasley was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, and that he was pronounced dead. It printed his age as 36, the same age Baltimore Witness printed on Nov. 2. The Nov. 2 story does not print 4:13 p.m. or Shock Trauma. The life term reported Monday is the sentence on the July 28 verdicts. It is not a finding that Joyner fired the shots the prosecutors said he did not fire. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.