A man who prosecutors said confessed to a mistaken identity murder outside an Akron Dollar Tree store in 2023 has been convicted.
During a Monday morning hearing that took place over video, Jontae Watkins, 26, entered a no-contest plea to aggravated murder with a three-year firearm specification for the death of 34-year-old Ernestine Stallings.
Judge Mary Margaret Rowlands found Watkins guilty. He could get life in prison without the chance of parole. Prosecutors said they would recommend 23 years to life in prison…