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Ex-NFL player Anthony Wayne Smith convicted on three counts of murder

LANCASTER, Calif. (Reuters) - A Southern California jury on Thursday convicted former Oakland Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith on three counts of first-degree murder, but the judge declared a mistrial for a fourth count.

The 48-year-old onetime National Football League star, whose original trial in one of the killings ended in a hung jury, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

(Reporting by Olga Grigoryants; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)