A California man will spend the next several decades behind bars for killing an Amazon semi-truck driver during a highway shooting .

In August, Andrew Christopher Watson, 31, was convicted by a jury in San Joaquin County on one count each of murder in the second degree and shooting at an occupied vehicle. Each conviction comes with a sentencing enhancement for the use of a firearm.

On Tuesday, the defendant was sentenced by Superior Court Judge John R. Soldati to a prison term of 40 years to life, the maximum punishment allowed under Golden State law, according to a press release issued by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office.

"This was a cold-blooded act that stole a life and endangered our community," District Attorney Ron Freitas said in a statement. "The maximum sentenc

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