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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A jury of five women and three men took less than two hours yesterday to convict a Salt Lake City man of murder for killing his wife.
Stephen James Walker's trial began Tuesday. Accused of shooting his wife Cassandra Bryan during a drunken fight in April 2006, the 57-year-old Walker could now spend the rest of his life in prison.
Defense attorneys said Walker, a Vietnam veteran, suffers from post-traumatic stress and debilitating depression.
They didn't deny Walker shot his wife, but called him a troubled man who needed help and didn't intend to kill Bryan.
They asked jurors to find Walker guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, which carries a lighter sentence.
Prosecutors said the shooting was not mistake. Walker fired 15 rounds into his wife's body and left her dead on the kitchen floor.
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