By Associated Press - Thursday, May 8, 2014

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Jurors in Lane County have convicted a 58-year-old man of aggravated murder in the 2012 death of a young Eugene, Oregon, man.

The Register-Guard says (https://is.gd/5Md2tE) the jury also convicted David Ray Taylor on Thursday of robbery charges in connection with two bank robberies committed in 2012.

Jurors found that Taylor kidnapped and robbed Celestino Gutierrez, the murder victim.

The same Circuit Court jury will next decide whether Taylor should be sentenced to death or to life without parole.

Prosecutors said Taylor used Gutierrez’s car as a getaway vehicle in a bank robbery.

Taylor previously spent 27 years in prison for murdering a Eugene gas station attendant in 1977.

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Information from: The Register-Guard, https://www.registerguard.com

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