A Rochester man serving a life sentence for murder has been found guilty on a new prison assault charge.
The Wyoming County District Attorney’s Office says the jury took just 20 minutes to find Devante Spencer guilty of attacking an inmate at Attica State Prison. He and two other men jumped the inmate and slashed his face.
Spencer is in prison for gunning down teen empowerment activist Lawrence Richardson. Richardson was murdered more than five years ago on Dayton Street.
DA Michael Flaherty says in a statement that he’ll seek to have Spencer sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender, which would effectively deny him ever getting parole.