THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, September 14, 1994 TAG: 9409140525
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
A Norfolk teenager was convicted Tuesday in Circuit Court of the murder of a cable lineman in Ocean View on July 3, 1992.
Darrell D. Jones, 19, was found guilty by Judge John E. Clarkson of first-degree murder and use of a firearm. He will be sentenced Oct. 27. The maximum sentence he could receive for murder would be life in prison.
Jones was charged with the murder of Raymond A. Watson, whose body was found in the 6200 block of Chesapeake Blvd. Watson, a 32-year-old cable installer who lived in the 3400 block of E. Bonner Drive, was shot with a handgun.
Tuesday's trial had been scheduled to go before a jury, but Jones' attorney asked for a bench trial after several prosecution witnesses either said they couldn't remember the details of the killing or could not be found by police to testify.
KEYWORDS: MURDER SHOOTING TRIAL VERDICT by CNB