Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Jury convicts man in retrial of 2006 homicide case

A retrial of a man in a 2006 homicide has ended with a jury verdict convicting him of murder and other charges.

Jemar Matthews was originally convicted in the killing of Mercy Williams of North Las Vegas in 2007, but a federal judge last year ordered that he be retried or released from prison because of prosecutorial misconduct.

According to lasvegasnow.com , Matthews put his face in his hands after the verdict was read.