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Posted 2:54 PM 12/13/2012 : Court Upholds Conviction For Man Who Murdered Toddler

CORPUS CHRISTI -- A state appeals court on Thursday upheld a Corpus Christi man's capital murder conviction in the beating death of his girlfriend's son.

Juan "J.J." Garza, 23, was convicted in Oct. 2011 of murdering 21-month-old Texas N. Ruiz after beating him on New Year's Eve 2010.

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