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John Ruben Rivera was convicted by a jury of second degree murder in 2010 for shooting 28-year-old Ray Sabala to death at the refuge off Sandy Mush Road. The sentence was handed down by Judge Brian McCabe, who also denied Rivera's motion for a new
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They had come for the sentencing of John Ruben Rivera, the man who was convicted in August of fatally shooting Sabala in 1998. Instead, the family witnessed one more twist in their 12-year ordeal. The scheduled sentencing was postponed because Rivera
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A 12-year-old homicide cold case came to an emotional close Wednesday, as a Merced County jury found John Ruben Rivera guilty of second-degree murder in the 1998 killing of Ray Sabala...The bald-headed, tattooed Rivera stood up at the end of the
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The fate of a 43-year-old convict accused of pumping three 9-mm bullets into a friend over counterfeit cash and tainted love is now in the hands of a Merced County jury. Jurors heard closing arguments Friday in the trial of John Ruben Rivera, who's
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That's how Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse II described John Ruben Rivera during opening statements on the first day of the 43-year-old prison inmate's trial. Rivera is accused of murdering Ray Sabala, 28, on April 21, 1998, at the Merced
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