'Too fat to kill' guy guilty
He wasn't too fat to convict. An obese Florida man who had tried to claim he was too fat to have murdered his former son-in-law was convicted yesterday after a New Jersey... More »
New York Post - Nov. 7, 2009
N.J. jurors convict man in 'fat defense' trial
Ates had argued he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot Duncsak from a perch on the staircase at Duncsak's home in August 2006. He was 62 years old, 5-feet-8 and 285... More »
USA Today - Nov. 7, 2009
Fla. man convicted in 'too fat to kill' trial
Edward Ates looked down and shook his head in court as he was found guilty of murder and weapons counts for killing Paul Duncsak, who was shot six times at his home in... More »
Houston Chronicle - Nov. 6, 2009
'Too fat to kill' guy found guilty of murdering son-in-law
HACKENSACK, N.J. — A New Jersey jury has rejected a Florida man’s claims that he was too fat to kill and has convicted him of murdering his former son-in-law. Edward Ates... More »
New York Post - Nov. 6, 2009
Jury deliberations resume in 'fat defense' trial
Jury deliberations resumed Friday in the New Jersey murder trial of a Florida man who claims he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law. Edward Ates (AYTZ') says he didn't... More »
Examiner.com - Nov. 6, 2009
Murder jury rejects 'too fat' defence
A jury yesterday convicted a man of murdering his ex-son-in-law, rejecting the man's defence that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the... More »
Hamilton Spectator - Nov. 7, 2009
Jury deliberations continue in 'fat defense' trial
Jury deliberations continued Friday in the New Jersey murder trial of a Florida man who claims he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law. Edward Ates (AYTZ') says he... More »
Examiner.com - Nov. 6, 2009
NJ jurors don't bite on `too fat' defense
A New Jersey jury has rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to kill and has convicted him of murdering his former son-in-law. Edward Ates (AYTZ') said he didn't... More »
Examiner.com - Nov. 6, 2009
Edward Ates, Man Who Used The "Fat Defense" In...
HACKENSACK, N.J. — A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight... More »
Huffington Post - Nov. 6, 2009
Jurors convict man who claimed he was "too fat"...
A jury on Friday convicted a man of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defence that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the... More »
Sarnia Observer - Nov. 7, 2009