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An illegal immigrant who drove drunk in Rowan County has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a pregnant woman.A jury handed down the verdict for Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez, who federal investigators have said is in the United States illegally from El Salvador.Police have said he had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when he slammed into 20-year-old Leeanna Newman's Saturn on Feb. 6 in Landis. Newman and her unborn baby died a short time later. Her 21-month-old daughter was in a car seat and suffered minor injuries.Guillen-Martinez's attorney had argued that his client couldn't be guilty of murder because there was no malice in his actions.Guillen-Martinez will be sentenced today. He could receive up to 30 years in prison.
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