A Baltimore City jury convicted a 21-year-old man Thursday of fatally shooting another man in the back five times.
The Circuit Court jury convicted Ronald Sparkman, 21, of Baltimore, of three counts of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. The conviction followed two days of testimony and more than four hours of deliberations.
Sparkman faces a maximum possible prison term of life plus 20 years in prison when sentenced by Judge M. Brooke Murdock July 3.
On Jan. 14, 2005, at approximately 10 p.m., officers were called to the 1600 block of East Madison Street for a serious shooting. The victim, Ralph “West” Pritchett, was found lying face down in the street, according to police.
Prosecutors allege Sparkman shot the victim five times in the back over a drug dispute.
