The man accused killing of a McDonald's employee during a daylight robbery outside the Baymeadows Road restaurant in February was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder, robbery and fleeing.

Nesta Walker, 29, testified Wednesday that the victim helped plan the robbery, and the shooting was an accident, but jurors did not believe the defense's case and did not take long to return the verdict.

"The jury did the right thing and I'm happy for the family," Assistant State Attorney John Rockwell said Wednesday evening.

Walker had claimed that the victim, Raynold Orelus and a female employee of the restaurant had been planning for about a week to steal a bank deposit bag from the manager. He said he went out and got the gun to pull off the heist.

Walker testified that he saw Orelus accompany the manager out of the restaurant that day and approached them with the gun and got the money bag, then things went wrong.

"There was a struggle and the gun went off," Walker said.

The prosecutors said Orelus, a Haitian immigrant and father of five, was trying to help keep his boss from being robbed when he was shot twice by Walker.

Prosecution witnesses said there was no evidence Orelus had any contact with his accused killer. While police did investigate a tip that a female McDonald's employee was in on the robbery and that woman did have contact with the defendant in the days before the shooting. She was never charged in the crime.

Police had said said the .357 Magnum used to shoot Orelus was stolen a month earlier during a home burglary.

A weapons expert testified that the wounds that killed Orelus were from a close-contact gunshot, and were probably intentionality inflicted.

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After Walker testified, the defense rested and both sides made closing arguments. The judge instructed the jury just after 5 p.m. Wednesday and deliberations continued for less than two hours.

The state is not seeking the death penalty in the case, so Walker faces life in prison when he is sentenced in January.