Life Sentence Upheld For Man Convicted In Death Of Tulsa Man

The state's Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the life prison sentence of a man convicted in a murder-for-hire death of a Tulsa businessman.

A judge sentenced Alonzo Johnson to life in prison in January of 2013. A jury found Johnson guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder after the September 2008 death of Neal Sweeney.

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Prosecutors said Sweeney was killed because he had stopped fuel delivery to a store owned by Mohammed Aziz.

Aziz pleaded guilty to soliciting the murder in 2012.

Prosecutors said that Johnson stole the getaway van and staked out Sweeney's office complex.