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Article: Lopez sentenced to 20 years: Tejano star will serve ?at least 15' for rape conviction.
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- The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Byline: Laura B. Martinez
Nov. 1--Joe Lopez will be 71 years old before he's eligible for parole from a prison sentence handed down on Tuesday.
The convicted Tejano singer was sentenced to a total of 321/2 years in prison for three counts connected to the April 2004 rape of a then-13-year-old relative at his Rancho Viejo home. Because he will serve the sentences concurrently, rather than consecutively, he's looking at 20 years.
Lopez, 56, and members of his family showed little emotion when the verdict was read in 107th state District Court Tuesday afternoon.
"It hurt me like it hurt everybody," his sister, Alma, said outside the ...