A jury finds Curtis Vance, 29, guilty of capital murder in the death of anchorwoman Anne Pressly. The jury of six men and six women deliberated for just under two and a half hours after closing arguments Wednesday morning. The jury also found him guilty of rape, residential burglary and theft of property connected to the
October 2008 attack.
Vance faces either life in prison or the death penalty. The jury will begin the sentencing phase of the trial later today. Prosecutors will put on new witnesses and evidence to try and prove at least one aggravator exists in the crime that will make Vance eligible to be sentenced to death. His defense team will then put on witnesses and mitigating evidence on why Vance's life should be spared.
Prosecutors used a combination of DNA evidence and confessions from Vance to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he alone was responsible for Pressly's murder.
