Man charged in slaying of 7 convicted of spitting on guard

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By Tiffany Griffin

Story Created: May 9, 2008 at 8:37 AM EDT

Story Updated: May 9, 2008 at 8:42 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The man whom authorities consider the main triggerman in the slayings of seven members of an Indianapolis family has been convicted again of spitting on a jail guard.

Marion County jurors found Desmond Turner guilty Thursday of battery by bodily waste and resisting law enforcement, but acquitted him on a charge of battery.

He will be sentenced June 26 and faces a maximum of three years in prison.

Turner was convicted last November of a similar incident and faces trial later this year in a third battery case.

Turner and James Stewart face murder charges for the June 2006 shooting deaths of four adults and three young children in a home on the city's east side. Their trial is scheduled for February 2009.

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