Men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery are demanding a new trial

(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) – The three Georgia men convicted in the 2020 killing of 25-year-old jogger Ahmaud Arbery are in court Thursday to request a new trial in the murder case.

One of the men, Travis McMichael, claimed that he and his father suspected that Arbery – who had been jogging through the neighborhood – had just broken into a nearby home under construction. He testified that Arbery resisted the arrest of a citizen and attacked him after he, his father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan chased him.

Travis McMichael, who fired the fatal shot, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

He was convicted on all nine counts: first-degree murder, four counts of aggravated murder, aggravated assault with a shotgun, aggravated assault with a pickup truck, false imprisonment and criminal intent to commit a felony.

Gregory McMichael was also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The former Georgia police officer was found not guilty of first-degree murder but was convicted of the remaining charges, including aggravated murder charges.

Bryan was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. He was found guilty of three counts of murder, as well as aggravated assault with his pickup truck, false imprisonment and criminal intent to commit a felony.

The arrests came after a cell phone video Bryan took of the altercation, capturing part of the shooting, which was used extensively by both prosecutors and defense attorneys during the trial, was leaked to the media, even though Bryan had it on the day The killing was reported to Glynn County police during the confrontation.

The McMichaels and Bryan had all pleaded not guilty to a nine-count federal indictment. ABC News has reached out to the company's legal department for comment on the motion for a new trial.

The three men were also convicted of federal hate crimes. The McMichaels were sentenced to life in prison. Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Gregory McMichael apologized to Arbery's family in court after the federal sentencing: “I'm sure my words mean very little to you, but I want to assure you that I never wanted anything like this to happen,” he said. “That day there was no malice in my heart or in my son’s heart.”

ABC News' Bill Hutchinson contributed to the report.

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