Jurors find Cepeda not guilty of murder

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Posted on Oct 08 2011
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By Ferdie de la Torre
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Superior Court jurors today render a not-guilty verdict against Franklin Cabrera Cepeda Jr., who is facing murder charges in connection with the 2000 killing of Rong Zhou inside a karaoke bar in San Jose.

After deliberating for about four hours, the six jurors reached a unanimous verdict finding Cepeda not guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, aggravated assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon, robbery, and conspiracy.

Associate judge Perry B. Inos, who presided over the retrial and decided the misdemeanor charges, found Cepeda guilty of assault and battery and theft.

Inos sentenced Cepeda to the maximum one year in prison and $1,000 fine each as to assault and battery, and theft.

This means that Cepeda is now a free man since he has been in detention for eight years for the murder of Zhou inside Yellow House Karaoke on March 1, 2000.

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