MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – An Illinois man is sent to prison for life, right after a jury finds him guilty of killing a drug dealer and robbing him of thousands of dollars in Madison.
A Dane County jury finds 43-year-old Marcius Lee guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 46-year-old Robert France last July.
Authorities say France had driven from his Portland Oregon home to Madison to sell marijuana, with up to $40,000 in his possession.
Prosecutors say Lee shot France — and Lee was carrying about $38,000 when he was arrested four days later near Chicago.
The defense claims the evidence is uncertain, and another witness is more likely to have committed the killing.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
