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October 3,
2003
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
JURY FINDS
MARQUEZ GUILTY
A Denver jury has
convicted (Elest) Carlos Marquez of first-degree murder and
attempted escape in a week-long trial.
Marquez was charged
in connection with the death of Michael Garth, Jr. last New
Year's Eve, December 31, 2002. The defense argued at trial that
the shooting death of Garth happened in the heat of passion;
prosecutors convinced jurors that Marquez had planned the
murder, arguing that he hid in the back of his wife's car and
ambushed Garth.
Marquez was
sentenced immediately to life in prison without parole plus 4
years.
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(A mug shot is not
available because the defendant is a juvenile.)
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