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Appeals court upholds capital murder conviction, life sentence of former Dallas doctor

An appeals court has upheld the complex capital murder conviction and life sentence of former Dallas doctor George Guo
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An appeals court on Thursday upheld the complex capital murder conviction and life sentence of former Dallas doctor George Guo, a criminal case that reaches back more than 30 years.

It was 1988 when Katherine Bascone of Highland Park was raped, strangled and left in a vegetative state. Bascone never recovered from the attack and died in 2018.


Since capital murder has no statute of limitations, police were able to arrest and charge Guo. But the state still had to work with evidence and witnesses from 1988. DNA evidence from the crime led to the arrest of Guo.

Now the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the state overcame 30 years of hurdles to track down and convict Guo of capital murder. To do that police and prosecutor Leighton D'Antoni had to prove Bascone's death was caused by the 1988 injuries.

In his appeal, Guo argued that the state did not tie her death to the 1988 strangulation.

The case can still be appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

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