A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY MOTEL HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS. JASON AUSTIN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF BRIAN RICKER AT THE DAYS INN MOTEL NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. A JUDGE ORDERED AUSTIN TO SERVE 23 YEARS IN PRISON. THIS WAS THE SAME SENTENCE HIS CO-DEFENDANT, DANNY GREENE RECEIVED. MEANWHILE, THE JUDGE DENIED GREENE’S REQUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL.