Posted on 04/07/2011 9:29:15 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Martin Gomez had spent the last two weeks defending himself at trial on charges he fatally stabbed his former boss 111 times on the man's Peotone-area horse farm, then used stolen bloodied cash to buy marijuana and a "love whip."
But it took a Will County jury just hours Thursday to convict him of four murder counts as well as one count apiece of armed robbery and home invasion.
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Illegales gone wild?
“Gomez told jurors he didn’t need money because of his drug business.”
We got a real legal genius here!
“What is your count Doc, I have him at 112?”....”Okay, I have 110, so lets just call it 111 huh?”.
“It’s a vicious lie! I only stabbed him 87 times!”
Fatally stabbed 111 times? Actually, no!
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