Belton receives death penalty from 3-judge panel
Anthony Belton, convicted this week in the robbery and shooting death of a BP store clerk, was sentenced Friday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to the death penalty.
Judges Ruth Ann Franks, James Jensen, and Gene Zmuda announced the sentence after deliberating for more than seven hours over two days. The decision came after two days of testimony from defense witnesses regarding Belton’s background and character.
Belton, 26, of Toledo, was found guilty Wednesday of aggravated murder and two counts of aggravated robbery as well as capital specifications and gun specifications in the 2008 killing of Matthew Dugan, 34, during a robbery at the former BP gas station at Dorr Street and Secor Road.
He had pleaded no contest Monday to the charges. In a plea of no contest, a defendant does not admit guilt but does not challenge the facts in the indictment.
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