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Vance found guilty of all counts

Jurors must now decide Pressly killer’s sentence

By John Lynch

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:35 a.m.

Curtis Vance enters the courtroom with a member of his defense team.

By Steve Keesee
 Curtis Vance enters the courtroom with a member of his defense team.

A Pulaski County jury deliberated 2 1/2 hours Wednesday before finding Curtis Lavelle Vance guilty of capital murder for fatally beating Little Rock TV news anchor Anne Pressly during an October 2008 break-in at her Little Rock home.

Vance, 29, was found guilty to capital murder, rape and burglary charges in an Oct. 20, 2008, attack so brutal that Pressly's mother didn't recognize her when she rushed to the anchorwoman's aid.

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