Desert Hot Springs man convicted of murder for killing landlord
DESERT HOT SPRINGS POLICE
Albert Marchain
A Desert Hot Springs man was convicted today of murder for the stabbing death of his landlord.
An Indio jury that heard three days of testimony deliberated 40 minutes before finding Albert Marchain, 29, guilty of first-degree murder for killing 69-year-old Stanislaw Tokarski.
Jurors also found true a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a weapon a knife in the commission of a murder. Marchain, who remains in custody at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, faces up to 56 years to life in state prison.