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Ex-ballplayer sentenced to life for murder of father, uncle, bystander
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Brandon Willie Martin, 27. (Credit: Riverside County District Attorney s Office)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An ex-minor league baseball player who killed his father, uncle and a bystander with a bat in Corona was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A Riverside jury in November convicted 27-year-old Brandon Willie Martin of three counts of first-degree murder and found true a special- circumstance allegation of taking multiple lives in the same crime, and convicted him of one count each of auto theft, evading arrest, obstructing a peace officer and injuring a police canine.
In less than 10 years, California man
Brandon Willie Martin, 27, went from a promising early pick in the MLB draft to spending the rest of his days in prison. All of that potential was washed away the moment he murdered his father
Michael Martin, 64, maternal uncle
Ricky Andersen, 51, and ADT alarm installer
Barry Swanson, 62. Prosecutors said he lashed out after his family put him on a 72-hour mental health hold, beating the victims to death with a baseball bat. Accordingly, the judge sentenced him on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Jurors had previously recommended a life sentence.