Texas - ~No victim identified, but man convicted for attempted murder~
A motorcycle gang member was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison by the Kerr County jury that earlier convicted him of attempted murder based largely on the defendant's own account of a Feb. 24, 2007 shooting in Kerrville.
Antonio Marquez, 39, told investigators in taped interviews that he shot at an unidentified man after the man pulled a knife on him - and was quickly disarmed - at the Bandidos clubhouse on Water Street.
Jurors deliberated four hours Thursday before rejecting self-defense claims and convicting Marquez, and four more hours Friday on his punishment.
A juror who didn't want to be named said the inability of prosecutors to identify or produce the victim at trial "was not a big issue."
Marquez's statements that he chased the victim and a video of him beating a man at a McDonalds restaurant on another date weighed heavily against him, the juror said.
"We wanted to send a strong message that we don't want them here," she said of club members. "We don't want to be scared."
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