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.hen the jury found Fort Uorth ex-convict Pete Vardas
guilty of . rned robbery to-ay he told his attorney he
wanted cidth or nothing. ,:e j t
cooperate, ind ordereU 99-years. Judge winters will
withhold sentencing pending a defense decision onwhether or not to appeal.
"he 35 year old Vardas was
tried for the year-old armed robbery of a iiuless
grocery. The defense, led by Randall :iley
attemt to counter the armed robbery charge, but
maintained that Vardas is insane. The jury today
rulA3 }i' sane. O" exercised a seldom-
' ' used prerogative any asked that Vardas be sent to the
electric chair, but the jury stopped short of that.
Vardas, suddenly belligerant toward the camera has
a long police record -- including murder, robbery,
theft, swindling and bank robbery. The state opened
its campaign a ainst Vrd: W by charging him
ls ith beis an iawhich convict-WALK IN
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Vardas], script, September 11, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc990487/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.