ATHENS, Ga. -- A judge concurred with the recommendation of a jury Friday afternoon and sentenced Jamie Hood to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting death of an Athens-Clarke County police officer.

After a month-long trial, Hood was convicted on 36 of 70 charges, including murder in the 2011 fatal shooting of Athens-Clarke County Senior Police Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian. Hood was also convicted of shooting and injuring Officer Tony Howard in 2011, and killing suspected drug dealer Kenneth Omari Wray in December 2010.

Hood admitted to shooting the officers, but claimed it was in self-defense.

ATHENS, GA (WXIA) – Heartbreaking testimony came from friends and relatives of the victims of convicted killer Jamie Hood in court on Wednesday, during the first day of the penalty phase of Hood's trial.

In the sentencing phase of the trial, both sides are able to bring forward people to speak.

ATHENS, Ga. -- After weeks of testimony, the jury will soon get the case of accused cop-killer Jamie Hood.

Both sides made their closing arguments to the jury, Saturday.

11Alive was in court to bring the latest details from the case.

Whether it was opening statements, testimony or summation, Hood rambled – at times incoherently – to the jury about his defense in this case.

He described it as "alibi and justification."

"Now let me tell you all something. When I say justification, I'm in no means saying it's okay to do what I done," Hood said. "I'm not saying my defense is justification to say it's okay. I'm showing you why."

He said it was police corruption and that an officer "misused his badge" to set in motion a deadly chain of events in 2011.