Man guilty in Calif. delivery driver’s murder
Mar 3, 2012, 2:38 AM
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Jurors needed only 90 minutes to find a California man guilty of murder for gunning down a beer deliveryman outside a convenience store.
The Fresno Bee (
http://bit.ly/wJKDiq) reports that Joey Jesse Lopez of Fresno was convicted of murder Friday in the killing of 27-year-old Richard Hernandez, a father of two, in December 2009.
Lopez never denied shooting Hernandez, but claimed he was insane at the time of the shooting.
After finding the 29-year-old Lopez guilty, jurors on Monday will begin the insanity phase of the trial.
If they do determine Lopez was insane, he could be sent to a state hospital for the rest of his life. If he’s found sane, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
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Information from: The Fresno Bee,
http://www.fresnobee.com
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