Weh was convicted of first-degree murder in Michael Garr's death.

A jury conviction is a verdict on guilt. It is not a sentence. On Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, a Delaware County jury found Marson Weh of Clifton Heights guilty of first-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the April 2023 death of Michael Garr, 15, a sophomore at Upper Darby High School. Sentencing is set for November, and no sentence has been imposed.

The jury deliberated about 30 minutes. Garr was stabbed and slashed 11 times, including at the throat, on April 21, 2023, along the 200 block of Bridge Street in Drexel Hill, as prosecutors described the attack. District Attorney Tanner Rouse called it random and unprovoked, and said Weh and Garr were strangers. Those are the facts the Commonwealth put to the jury. They are now part of a guilty verdict. They are not a sentence.

Defense attorney Ian McCurdy conceded that the evidence of identity was strong. He argued that prosecutors had not proved the malice and specific intent that first-degree murder requires. The jury rejected that argument. In Pennsylvania, a conviction for first-degree murder carries a mandatory term of life without parole. That is the statutory exposure. It is not a judgment the court has entered. November is the sentencing month. It is not a sentence already imposed. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.