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Jurors convict US man in 'fat defense' trial
By DAVID PORTER (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
November 06, 2009 3:52 PM EST
HACKENSACK, New Jersey - A jury has rejected a man's claims that he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law and has convicted him of murder.
The jury of eight women and four men issued its verdict against Edward Ates on Friday, its second day of deliberations after a trial that lasted more than a month.
Ates said he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot his former son-in-law and make a quick getaway.
The 62-year-old was 285 pounds (129 kilograms) when Paul Duncsak was killed in 2006.
Prosecutors said Ates drove hundreds of miles from Florida to Duncsak's home in New Jersey, climbed a staircase and shot the 40-year-old.
The victim and Ates' daughter were involved in a bitter custody dispute after their divorce.
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