More than 100 people crammed into a Buchanan County courtroom Monday for the sentencing of four out of six suspects charged in connection with the death of 18-year-old Skylar Powell in midtown.

Powell was shot in May during an attempt to rob a marijuana dealer during a late-night drug deal in a parking lot near 22nd and Frederick.

Friends and family of the victim and defendants filled the gallery of Judge Patrick Robb’s courtroom Monday nearly filling the additional spectator gallery in the balcony. Prosecuting Attorney, Dwight Scroggins told the judge that Powell’s parents said everyone involved in the case should go to jail.

Gabriel Dawson, 17 who pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted robbery in October was sentenced to 14 years in prison.  Dawson told the judge that Skylar Powell was his best friend, big brother and his idol.

“All I want to do is turn my life around and make Skylar happy,” Dawson said in court.

Judge Robb called Dawson an active participant in the robbery and denied a request for probation.  As we previously reported, Dawson was certified as an adult earlier this year.  Court documents said Dawson committed the crime of attempted armed robbery by helping plan a robbery and attempting to carry out the robbery at gun point.

Jay’Den Maynard, 17 who pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted robbery in October was sentenced to five years probation after he serves 120 days shock time in the Buchanan County Jail.

Scroggins told the judge that Maynard was the third active participant in the robbery, along with the victim and Dawson.  Scroggins said Maynard would not cooperate with investigators, even after his plea. Denise Maynard, the defendant’s grandmother, told the court that the teenager was a well-rounded young man who made some bad decisions.  Maynard’s lawyer said he did cooperate with investigators, that he acted as a lookout and never handled the weapon or planned the robbery.  Maynard called Powell a friend and a role model and asked the judge for probation.  He was the youngest of all the defendants.  Judge Robb determined that Maynard was not an active participant in the robbery and placed him on probation.

Kyle Smith, 25 who pleaded guilty to distribution and tampering with physical evidence in October was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

In court, Scroggins called Smith a self-acknowledged drug dealer who had made previous deals with the victim.  Smith admitted to taking the gun and shell casings out of the car after the incident, but his lawyer said it’s not clear who fired the fatal shot.  Smith told the judge he has three children.  Judge Robb told Smith he chose to provide the gun and chose to participate in a criminal enterprise.  He ordered Smith to serve 10 years for distribution and two years for tampering with the cases to run consecutively.

Ashten Surritte, 19 who pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted robbery in October was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Scroggins said Surritte told Powell that the dealers would be good targets for a robbery.  He said she was intimately involved in every aspectof what happened that night and knew that it involved a firearm.  Surritte’s lawyer acknowledged that she pointed out that the dealers would be good targets for a robbery and that she sent Powell the contact information and a photograph of Matthews prior to the robbery.  However, he denied she was intimately involved in the crime.  Judge Robb said the victim and Surritte were the two most culpable people involved in the crime.

As we previously reported, Justin Smith, 20 was sentenced in October to serve 13-years in prison for his part in the shooting.  A sixth defendant, Dayne Matthews, 19 pleaded guilty to distribution and tampering with physical evidence in September.  He’s due in court for sentencing in January.