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From Andy Furillo
A Sacramento jury today convicted Albert Arthur Dennis of first-degree murder in last year's drug-related shooting death of Amber Manoa outside a south area apartment complex.
The jury also Dennis (photo left) guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting a man who was with the 27-year-old victim at the time of the 4:39 a.m. attack on April 12, 2008.
Jurors also found to be true the special circumstance allegation that Dennis, 29, murdered Manoa during the commission of a robbery. The finding will qualify Dennis for a life term in prison with no chance of parole.
The panel, however, did not sustain the special-circumstance allegation that Dennis was lying in wait before the killing.
According to the prosecution, Dennis knew that Manoa was about to sell some methamphetamine to a friend of his. Dennis then waited in a backyard across the street from the apartment complex at Southwest Avenue and Nina Way before running over to the parking lot to rob Manoa, Deputy District Attorney Shari Greco said in her closing arguments to the jury last week.
Greco said Dennis then panicked during the course of the robbery and shot Manoa five times as she sat in her car.
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