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VERDICT :50 A Dallas jury Pe. 'returns to Judge J. Frank Wilson's courtroom after reaching agreement on a prison sentence for 17 year old Billy Ray Bayless. Tbsterday, the jury convicted him on charges that he and five other
Dallas waitress youths raped a 29-year-old on
August
eighth last year. The jury deliberated four and half ' urt aY before agreeing on Bayless' punishment. He sits quietly as visiting judge David Brown reads the jury's 99 years, Bayless' attorney, Bob
Maloney, says he will
appeal sentence as Bayless
is handcuffed and led away by a court bailiff. The other five defendents in the case, ranging in age from 16 to 19, have yet to strand trial. The state claimed Bayless was the leader, and sought the death penalty in his trial.