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USA - Texas. Jury recommends death penalty for Victor Godinez
January 31, 2024: January 31, 2024 - Jury recommends death penalty for Victor Godinez
Convicted of the fatal shooting of a state trooper
A Texas jury early Wednesday recommended a south Texas man be sentenced to death for fatally shooting a state trooper in 2019.
The Hidalgo County jury that convicted Victor Godinez last week of capital murder and deliberated for nearly 12 hours before returning the death penalty recommendation shortly after midnight.
Godinez, 29, was to be formally sentenced Wednesday afternoon.
Godinez was convicted in the April 2019 shooting of Trooper Moises Sanchez.
Sanchez died of his injuries four months after being shot in the head and shoulder in Edinburg while investigating a vehicle collision in which Godinez had fled the scene.
The jury also convicted Godinez of attempted murder of 2 law enforcement officers during a manhunt for him and sentenced him to life in prison on those counts.
Texas death penalty verdicts are automatically appealed to an appeals court.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-trooper-shot-death-penalty-7393b20d24d1f9963da543daaa5ab06a (Source: Associated Press, 31/01/2024)
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