More than four years after 45-year-old Bernard Canady was shot and killed here, Lamesan Di-mas Gonzales has been found guilty of causing his death.
Jurors in 106th District Court deliberated for a total of about an hour and a half this past Tuesday evening before finding Gonzales, age 46, guilty of murder.
On Wednesday, that same jury assessed Gonzales’ punishment at 45 years in the Texas prison system.
Presiding Judge Cecil Puryear, serving by assignment, gave Gonzales credit on that sentence for more than a year and a half already spent in custody.
The sentencing wrapped up a lengthy trial that began with jury ...