JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Raymond Bright was convicted Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder in last year's beating deaths of 20-year-old Derrick King and 16-year-old Randall Brown.
Prosecutors believe the two victims were beaten to death with a hammer at Bright's home on Sibbald Road in northwest Jacksonville in February 2008.
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Police said they found Bright hiding in a closet of a former girlfriend's house nearby.
Bright, 55, an ex-Marine, claimed he acted in self-defense. The prosecution said the evidence showed the victims were attacked while they slept.
The penalty phase is set for next Tuesday and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.