A federal appeals court Thursday upheld the conviction of the man who shot and killed a Millard County Sheriff’s deputy in 2010.
Roberto Roman was sentenced last year to life in federal prison — plus 80 years — for the death of Deputy Josie Greathouse-Fox during a traffic stop outside Delta. A federal court jury found Roman guilty of killing Fox five years after a jury acquitted him of similar charges during a trial in state court.
In an appeal to the 10th Circuit, Roman’s attorneys argued the federal jury should have been able to consider the fact that he had been found not guilty of the deputy’s murder in state court.