Deric Madison managed to avoid a capital murder conviction for the May 2014 slaying of a Dallas insurance salesman.
But he will still serve a life sentence for killing 33-year-old Josh Tubbleville outside an Oak Lawn gas station, a Dallas County jury decided Monday.
Madison, 25, was originally charged with capital murder because prosecutors said he robbed Tubbleville before shooting him. Instead, the same jury that would later sentence him decided that Madison — who had testifed during the trial that he was defending himself — was guilty of the lesser offense of murder.
The verdict left prosecutors and the defense to battle over Madison’s sentence, which could have been as short as five years in prison.
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