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EDINBURG — A jury after midnight Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old Edinburg man to death for killing state trooper Moises Sanchez more than four years ago.
After nearly 12 hours of deliberations that began Tuesday, the jury sentenced Victor Alejandro Godinez following 16 days of testimony.
Jurors responded in the affirmative when asked the first question about whether they believed Godinez would continue to be a danger to society.
In response to the second question, jurors answered no about whether Godinez would be better serving life in jail.
The jury convicted Godinez on Jan. 23 of capital murder of a peace officer for killing Sanchez, a trooper for the Texas Department of Public Safety who was shot on April 6, 2019. Sanchez died in August of that year following a surgery in Houston.
He was also convicted of two counts of attempted capital murder of a peace officer for shooting at two Edinburg investigators who responded to his manhunt.
Editor’s note: This story was updated with new information.
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