Sierra LaMar Trial Verdict to be read in court Tuesday morning
SAN JOSE — The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of the man accused of killing missing teen Sierra LaMar, who disappeared five years ago from a rural community north of Morgan Hill while on her way to her school bus stop.
The verdict, which will be read in Santa Clara County Superior Court at 9 am Tuesday, comes after the jury began mid-day Thursday and follows a trial that lasted more than three months. The jury only met for a half day Friday, meaning it reached consensus in just under two full days.
Antolin Garcia-Torres, 26, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and three counts of trying to kidnap and carjack three women in 2009 as they returned to their cars late at night in Morgan Hill supermarket parking lots.
If the jury convicts him of first-degree murder, the same panel would then weigh whether he should be sentenced to life without parole or death, after hearing evidence from both the prosecution and the defense.
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