This may have been the quickest murder trial I have ever seen. As I stated, I was in the courtroom for the entire morning and when we broke for lunch, I left to fulfill other obligations and was looking forward to being in court next week for the defense to present their case.
I was told later today that after lunch, the defendant, Kevin Kirby, agreed to a plea deal by offering a guilty plea and agreeing to being sentenced right away. Melinda's family wanted it over. They were allowed to give their victim impact statements and then it was done.
He was sentenced to 20 years to life.
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