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Man convicted in killing of ex-Texas Tech basketball star

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Texas Tech's Andre Emmett (14) tries to shoot around Ohio State's Terence Dials during the first half of an NCAA basketball game at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 4, 2004. A jury on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 convicted Larry Daquan Jenkins, 25, of capital murder, in the killing of Emmett, the former Texas Tech basketball star. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

A jury convicted a 25-year-old man of capital murder Friday in the killing of former Texas Tech basketball star Andre Emmett, who had brief stints with the Memphis Grizzlies and New Jersey Nets after college.

The Dallas County jury deliberated about four hours before finding Larry Daquan Jenkins guilty of the September 2019 slaying. Jenkins was then sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, since prosecutors weren't seeking the death penalty.

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