Published: May 10, 2008 06:00 pm

By Angela Weatherford
Athens Daily Review

A gasp was heard in 392nd District Court Friday afternoon, followed by a collective, if hushed, “Yes!”

Henderson County District Attorney Donna Bennett then turned in her chair and looked at the family of Henderson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Tony Ogburn.

Moments earlier, Randall Wayne Mays was found guilty of capital murder for the killing of Ogburn, 61.

In a room filled with family members and the officers who worked the streets with Ogburn, it took the jury an hour to deliver a unanimous verdict.

Those jurors must now decide if Mays will receive life in prison or the death penalty. The punishment phase of the trial is scheduled to begin Saturday morning.

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