GUILTY WV - Jason Pratz, 30, murdered at his McKinleyville home, 19 Feb 2013

wendybtn said:

We don't need it in Tennessee or Kentucky either, do we Tulessa?!

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A Burgettstown man convicted of killing a West Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole.

Rocco Zuccaro, 29, of 33 Harmon Creek Road, Smith Township, was sentenced Tuesday in Brooke County Circuit Court. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in July following a four-day jury trial.

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The Supreme Court said the trial judge correctly denied the attempt by Zuccaro, of Burgettstown, to raise allegations that 30-year-old Jason Pratz sold guns and drugs, exposing him to unknown dangerous people who killed him.

Zuccaro's attorney said the state did not have enough evidence to prove his client premeditated the attack.

In a statement released by the court, the justices ruled the evidence was, in fact, sufficient.

Zuccaro will serve the rest of his life sentence in prison without parole.

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