Drug kingpin convicted in murder for hire | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/14/2010: "Drug kingpin Maurice Phillips, who ran a multimillion-dollar cocaine-distribution network stretching from Texas to New York, was convicted Tuesday of hiring a hit man to murder a Montgomery County woman who was cooperating against him with federal investigators.
Phillips, 38, could be sentenced to death for the contract killing, or life in prison. The jury of eight women and four men will return Monday to begin hearing testimony in the penalty phase of the case.
Phillips was convicted of seven other counts in addition to the murder-for-hire charge. These included heading a continuing criminal enterprise that allegedly distributed hundreds of kilograms of cocaine between 1998 and 2007.
Two codefendants were convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Eight other defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy, drug dealing, and related charges prior to trial."
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