The 26-year-old Venezuelan migrant in the U.S. illegally has been convicted of malice murder and felony murder and sentenced to life without parole.

Judge H. Patrick Haggard was swift and decisive in the verdict handed down against Jose Antonio Ibarra in an Athens-Clarke County courtroom, taking just several minutes to deliberate and ultimately reach the conclusion that convicted Ibarra on all 10 counts against him.

Jose Ibarra learned his fate on Wednesday following a four-day-long bench trial in Athens in a case that captured national attention and rocked the community.