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Real Estate Agent Shooter Gets 55 Year Sentence
Thursday, June 22, 2006
- By Staff Writer, Originator Times
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - A District Judge handed down the maximum sentence of a 55-year prison term to a man convicted of killing a real estate agent. 29-year-old Mario Chavez shot 74-year-old Garland Taylor in the back of the head with a handgun equipped with a homemade silencer and then put him in the closet of a house Taylor was attempting to sell.
The The Albuquerque Tribune reports that during the trial, prosecutors said the college-educated Chavez lived a life of lies and lured Taylor to a luxury home he was showing in order to act out a Mafia hit-man fantasy. Trial witnesses said Chavez falsely depicted himself as a wealthy executive with a lavish lifestyle. Chavez also claimed he was connected to organized crime.
Chavez was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery and tampering with evidence back in February. His attorney says they will appeal the case and maintains Taylor was actually shot by one of Chavez' friends.
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