A Dec. 5 sentencing date was confirmed Friday for a convicted drug dealer who supplied a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 30-year-old Temecula man.

A Riverside jury on Wednesday convicted Quinn Aaron McKellips, 39, of Winchester of murder for the death of Calin Sender in 2020. The verdict was returned in less than a day.

A sentencing hearing was not immediately scheduled because the judge assigned to the trial, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Steven Counelis, was out on personal business, and the temporary judge did not want to schedule anything without his approval.

Counelis held a general proceedings hearing Friday, and both the prosecution and defense agreed that the first Friday of December would work for a sentencing date.

McKellips is being held without bail at the Byrd Detenti

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