Apr 1, 2007 7:24 pm US/Mountain
Prosecutors Can Seek Death For Murder Suspect
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) ―
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Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe
CBS4
Prosecutors will be allowed to seek the death penalty against a suspect in the shooting deaths of a witness and his fiancee after a judge ruled the man received sufficient notice.
Robert Keith Ray is serving a 108-year prison term after he was convicted as an accessory to the 2004 slaying of Gregory Vann. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty at Ray's trial on a first-degree murder charge in the June 2005 shooting deaths of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe.
Prosecutors had planned to call Marshall-Fields as a witness in the investigation into Vann's murder.
Ray's defense attorneys had asked a judge to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.
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