{"id":1702,"date":"2013-07-19T18:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2013-07-19T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:08:08","slug":"phila-man-convicted-of-1st-degree-murder-in-city-slaying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=1702","title":{"rendered":"Phila. man guilty of 1st-degree murder in slaying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jury must now decide whether to impose death penalty<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/a>

Eric Coxry was convicted of first-degree murder for the slaying of Jonas L. \u201cSonny\u201d Suber on Oct. 21, 2006.<\/p><\/div>\n

After more than 10 hours of deliberations over two days, the jury in the capital murder case against Eric \u201cStroda\u201d Coxry delivered its verdict early Friday afternoon: guilty of all charges, including first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

Chester County Judge David F. Bortner explained that the first-degree murder conviction would set up the second phase of the trial later on Friday afternoon. However, after some legal issues delayed the proceeding, Bortner dismissed the jury until Monday morning.<\/p>\n

At that time, the panel of seven women and five men will weigh aggravating and mitigating factors to determine whether or not the 35-year-old Philadelphia resident should be put to death for the crimes, which include burglary and conspiracy.<\/p>\n

Coxry, who showed no emotion as the verdict was issued, is one of four men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Jonas L. \u201cSonny\u201d Suber, 33, of Coatesville, on Oct. 21, 2006. Suber, who owned a Coatesville barbershop, was struck by eight bullets after he answered the front door of his home in the 400 block of Walnut Street about 9:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy with the verdict,\u201d said Bashera Grove, the victim\u2019s widow and a witness to the homicide.<\/p>\n

During four days of testimony, Deputy District Attorney Ron Yen said the evidence supported the fact that Duron \u201cGotti\u201d Peoples, 35, had sought revenge against Suber because he had slept with Peoples\u2019 girlfriend. Peoples directed Shamone \u201cKadof\u201d Woods, 31, of Coatesville, to have Suber killed. In response, Woods hired Coxry to pull the trigger while Jeremiah \u201cYoung\u201d Bush, 26, of Philadelphia, drove the getaway car, Yen said.<\/p>\n

In May, a jury convicted Bush of first-degree murder, and he received a mandatory life sentence; Peoples and Woods are awaiting trial.<\/p>\n

Coxry\u2019s attorney, Brenda Jones, had argued that many of the prosecution witnesses were tainted for various reasons, including trying to curry favor with authorities; however, Yen countered that they corroborated each other. Jones also argued that no fingerprints or DNA linked Coxry to the crime; Yen suggested that a hitman would be prepared to avoid leaving such evidence.<\/p>\n

Suber\u2019s mother, Donna Suber Pendleton, said she was relieved that the first phase of the trial had ended. She said she took vacation time from her job so that she could attend the proceedings every day as a way to pay tribute to her son. She said he was killed right before he had planned to start a school for aspiring barbers.<\/p>\n

Proficient in football and basketball, her son always appreciated his educuation, she said, adding that he never missed an \u00a0opportunity to encourage kids to excel in school. \u201cIf they showed him a good report card, they got a free haircut,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Jury must now decide whether to impose death penalty By Kathleen Brady Shea,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times After more than 10 hours of deliberations over two days, the jury in the capital murder case against Eric \u201cStroda\u201d Coxry delivered its verdict early Friday afternoon: guilty of all charges, including first-degree murder. Chester County Judge David F. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[1386,1387,1388,1389],"class_list":["post-1702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-stroda","tag-chester-county-judge-david-f-bortner","tag-eric-coxry","tag-jonas-l-sonny-suber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}