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Lambert Gets 29 Years for Fort Worth Murder
A Tarrant County jury convicted Marshall Lambert of murder in the August 2023 shooting of Cedric Spikes, 26, at the Park Villas apartments in Fort Worth. He was sentenced Tuesday to 29 years.
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The murder verdict is a conviction, and 29 years is the sentence. It is not a life term. Cedric Spikes was shot 11 times and died in that apartment.
A Tarrant County jury convicted Marshall Lambert of murder in the killing of Cedric Spikes, and he was sentenced Tuesday to 29 years in prison.
Fort Worth police were called about 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 12, 2023, to the Park Villas apartments in the 6500 block of Plaza Parkway. Officers found Spikes, 26, dead inside an apartment. The district attorney's office said Lambert shot him 11 times.
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