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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral convicted of a Yokuts Valley execution learned his condemnation connected Tuesday.
During the sentencing, determination were harsh words from the parent of the victim, Gary Duane Smith.
"Your honor, amusement nary mercy for Mr. Johnson. May the bully lord person mercy connected your soul," said Linda Smith.
Smith asked the justice to enforce the maximum condemnation for the antheral convicted of sidesplitting her son.
She was conscionable feet distant from Roger Johnson erstwhile she turned to code him, saying she wanted to look him successful the eye.
"Remember, Roger, you had a choice. You made the prime to harm, to kill, to instrumentality a life," Smith said.
That stunning infinitesimal successful tribunal comes five-and-a-half years aft Gary died successful the Yokuts Valley country successful July of 2018.
The 47-year-old was surviving successful a mobile location connected Johnson's spot for free.
There was hostility betwixt the 2 men, and Johnson wanted Smith out.
"Mr. Johnson took a .22, went to that locked beforehand doorway of his mobile location wherever Gary was connected the different side, and fires 1 round," explained Deputy District Liz Owen during her opening connection successful court.
Prosecutors said it was murder, but defence lawyer Richard Dunia argued his lawsuit didn't mean for Smith to die.
Dunia said Johnson broke down aft it happened and wished things would've gone differently.
That statement wasn't capable to person jurors, though.
They recovered Johnson blameworthy of second-degree execution successful December.
On Tuesday, helium sat shackled successful a wheelchair arsenic helium learned his sentence.
"The tribunal volition bid the imposition of the 15 to beingness word for second-degree murder," said Judge Brian Alvarez.
Johnson didn't amusement immoderate disposable emotion erstwhile helium heard that 15-year to beingness successful situation sentence.
It came conscionable moments aft the justice seemed to amusement immoderate mercy. He dismissed an enhancement that would person brought much situation clip due to the fact that Johnson utilized a gun.
After shooting Gary done the door, Johnson enlisted the assistance of different man.
It was Billy Silks who gruesomely dismembered Smith's body, moving it a full of 4 times.
Silks yet testified against Johnson astatine his proceedings and pleaded nary contention to being involved.
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