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Nov 6, 2009 2:57 pm US/Eastern

N.J. Jury Rejects 'Too Fat To Kill' Defense

HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Edward Ates claimed he was too fat to have killed his former son-in-law in 2006.
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A New Jersey jury has rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law and has convicted him of murder.

The jury of eight women and four men issued its verdict against Edward Ates on Friday, its second day of deliberations after a trial that lasted more than a month.

Ates said he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot his former son-in-law and make a quick getaway to Louisiana.

The 62-year-old was 285 pounds when Paul Duncsak was killed in 2006.

Prosecutors said Ates drove from Florida to Duncsak's home in New Jersey, climbed a staircase and shot the 40-year-old.

The victim and Ates' daughter were involved in a bitter custody dispute after their divorce.