Members of the Galindo family filed out of the Saline County Courthouse after the verdict, telling a reporter they were withholding comment until after Ramos is sentenced. Noerrlinger moved for a mistrial, maintaining that the statements contradicted the testimony of one of the brothers earlier in the trial. One came up during the trial, in which prosecutors handed over statements on the 15th day of the trial that were made by two brothers who were inmates at Tecumseh. Tim Noerrlinger, one of Ramos’ attorneys, said he was disappointed by the verdict but that “there’s some pretty viable appeal issues.” Mistrial motion denied Prosecutors from the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office did not comment after the verdict from the jury of six men and six women, but a statement from that office expressed gratitude for the verdict and the “hard work” of the jury over the past month. Ramos, 33, was also found guilty Tuesday of use of a deadly weapon and concealing evidence in the death of 31-year-old Michael Galindo, who was found dead in his smoke-filled cell after being beaten by a group of inmates and stabbed by at least four inmates.Ī second inmate, Damon Fitzgerald, was also found dead following the riot, which was sparked when prison authorities began searching cells in a high-security housing unit for illegal stashes of “hooch,” a crude alcohol brewed by inmates. WILBER, Nebraska - After hearing testimony over 16 days, a jury here took less than eight hours to find Eric Ramos guilty of first-degree murder in the “mob” slaying of a fellow inmate during a 2017 riot at the Tecumseh State Prison. (Pool photo by Lori Pilger/Lincoln Journal Star) Nebraska prison inmate Eric Ramos, center, enters court Monday for the final day of his trial on murder charges escorted by Saline County Sheriff’s deputies.
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