CENTENNIAL, Colo.—An ex-Marine and Hurricane Katrina evacuee has been convicted of murder in the slaying of a convenience store clerk in suburban Aurora.
Arapahoe County prosecutors say jurors found John Andrew Doubleday guilty of second-degree murder and felony murder on Monday. They say he shot 62-year-old Jutte Gallegos Burton as she worked at a 7-Eleven.
The felony murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence but a judge still has to decide whether that conviction will stick.
That’s because jurors acquitted Doubleday of aggravated robbery, disagreeing on whether he had been forced to hold up the store by drug dealers. But the felony he’s accused of committing under the felony murder conviction is robbery.
Prosecutor Leslie Hansen said duress is a defense that can be used in aggravated robbery but it cannot be used in felony murder cases. The judge will rule on whether both convictions can stand on Sept. 3.
