Illegal immigrant convicted of murdering nun

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An illegal immigrant who had been waiting nearly two years for a deportation hearing when he drunkenly crashed into a car carrying three Catholic nuns was convicted Monday of felony murder.

Prince William County Circuit Court Judge Lon Farris found 24-year-old Carlos A. Martinelly Montano guilty in the Aug. 1, 2010, crash that left Sister Denise Mosier, 66, dead and two other nuns badly injured.

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