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Jonathan Navarro was sentenced Tuesday in Fresno to 15 years to life for killing Devin McNew. He had pleaded no contest to second-degree murder. The judge denied probation.
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A no-contest plea is a conviction, and Tuesday's term is the judgment on the count he admitted. The judge denied probation. McNew is dead, and the number of years does not change that.
Jonathan Navarro was sentenced Tuesday in Fresno to 15 years to life in prison for killing Devin McNew. The judge denied probation.
Navarro, 28, pleaded no contest in September to second-degree murder. Prosecutors reduced a first-degree murder charge and dismissed two other counts. The plea included a knife-use enhancement and cut his maximum from 25 years to life to 16 years to life. The judge imposed 15 years to life.
Police said the attack was the evening of July 29, 2024, at a home near Balch and Callisch avenues. McNew, 27, and Brianna Marquez had come to return Navarro's belongings. Police said Navarro stabbed McNew and struck McNew and Marquez with a shovel. McNew died at a hospital. Marquez was injured.
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