RIVERSIDE — A convicted drug dealer who supplied a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 30-year-old Temecula man was convicted Wednesday of murder.

After deliberating less than a day, a Riverside jury on Wednesday found Quinn Aaron McKellips, 39, of Winchester guilty in the death of Calin Sender in 2020.

After more than a week of testimony, the prosecution and defense delivered closing arguments at the Riverside Hall of Justice Tuesday, after which Riverside County Superior Court Judge Steven Counelis sent jurors behind closed doors to begin weighing evidence. Deliberations lasted only a couple of hours Wednesday morning before a verdict was reached.

Counelis did not immediately schedule a sentencing hearing. McKellips is being held without bail at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta.

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