VENTURA, CA - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Miguel Pena (DOB 7/14/83), of Oxnard, was found guilty by court trial of the first-degree murder of Uriel Bucio on December 1, 2008. The judge found true the special circumstance that Pena committed the murder during the commission of a robbery, and found true the special allegation that he intentionally used a gun. The murder occurred in the parking lot of the car dealership where Mr. Bucio worked, as he and his 10-year-old son walked to their vehicle. Pena demanded money and ordered Mr. Bucio and his son to lay on the ground at gunpoint. After they complied, Pena shot and killed Mr. Bucio while he was still on the ground.

Pena was also found guilty of a July 17, 2010, robbery during which Pena was armed with a firearm and took property from Margarito Lopez during a fundraising event in the city of Oxnard.

Sentencing is set for July 22, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in courtroom 44 of the Ventura Superior Court, County of Ventura. Pena faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.