Man Convicted In UNH Student's Murder Halts Effort To Skip Sentencing
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The man convicted of raping and killing a University of New Hampshire student in 2012 has withdrawn his motion to skip his sentencing hearing.
Seth Mazzaglia withdrew his motion nearly an hour after a court appearance where he asked a judge to not make him appear at Thursday's sentencing.
Lawyers for the 31-year-old Mazzaglia had argued earlier Tuesday that he has the right to not be present for sentencing.
Mazzaglia was convicted of first-degree murder for killing 19-year-old Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott of Westborough, Massachusetts after she rebuffed his sexual advances.
Prosecutors on Tuesday read from transcripts of a recorded prison conversation in which Mazzaglia told his mother he didn't want to listen to Marriott's family "yell and whine" about what a monster he is.
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