Christopher Gregor is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 2 in the death of his son Corey Micciolo; however, he plans to appeal the conviction Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE.
Christopher Gregor, 31, is on trial for first-degree murder and child endangerment in the death of 6-year-old Corey Micciolo. Authorities have charged he had a long history of abusing the the boy.