A Gwinnett County jury has sentenced Brian Sanchez Duarte for the execution-style murder of Alinton Joel Rivera-Zuniga in November 2022.
Duarte, 32, was found guilty of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony after a jury deliberated for about two hours. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The incident occurred in Norcross when Rivera-Zuniga, 22, was shot point-blank after accepting a ride from Duarte and Jose Caraballo-Mendez…