In less than 2 hours, jury convicts Paulding man of half-brother’s murder

It took less than two hours for a jury to convict a Paulding County man of his half-brother’s murder, the district attorney said Friday.

Octavious Bates, 32, of Dallas, was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and tampering with evidence in the death of Lindsey Foster, the Paulding DA said.

Bates was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole…

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