PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The man who was convicted in a 2020 armed robbery case that prosecutors said led to the high-profile murder of a young East Valley woman is set to learn his punishment Friday.
Sentencing for Cudjoe Young is scheduled to start at 2 p.m.
On May 27, a jury found him guilty of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery.
He robbed Mercedes Vega at gunpoint outside her Tempe apartment in October 2020. Body camera video shows Vega telling officers that Young had been following her and waiting for her to come home…