“Quite frankly, it’s time to end this case once and for all,” said defense attorney Robert Sanger in his closing argument for the murder trial against his client, Corey Lyons. The jury seemingly agreed, taking only five hours to come to a guilty verdict. Two previous cases ended in mistrials, the first due to a procedural violation and the second a hung jury.
Lyons was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder with enhancements for financial gain, lying in wait, and committing multiple homicides. The convictions make him eligible for life in prison without parole. He was also found guilty of burglary and will be sentenced at a later date.
In the closing days of the current trial, which began three months ago, several members of the D.A.’s Office, including Gordon Auchincloss, who prosecuted Lyons the first two times, and Joyce Dudley, the DA herself, crowded into the back of the courtroom, perhaps signaling the importance of the trial to the office. Siblings of the Lyons brothers also helped fill up opposite sides of the courtroom, as did witnesses in the trial, including Daniel’s friend Dennis Boneck and neighbor Scott Gordon.