Guilty verdict in bar slaying

A Merced County Superior Court jury last Thursday convicted the lone remaining defendant in the 2009 barroom murder of Bill James. After about two days of deliberation, the jury convicted 23-year-old Ruben Silva Jr. of Los Angeles of second-degree murder and participating in a criminal street gang in the murder of James.

Silva was found guilty of the second-degree murder charge under the theory that he aided and abetted the deadly attack on the 33-year-old James, the Merced Sun-Star reported.

He faces 15 years to life in prison, with sentencing set for Dec. 9.

James was a patron in the Gustine Club on the night of Nov. 6, 2009, when a group of as many as 10 members of the Mongols biker gang walked into the bar. Words were exchanged, and James was stabbed to death in a deadly confrontation.

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