A man convicted of murder, kidnapping and a series of other felonies faces life in prison plus the possibility of decades of additional time behind bars when he is sentenced in December.

A Circuit Court jury deliberated two days before finding Jerrico Lindsey, 28, guilty of murder, kidnapping, robbery, burglary and firearms offenses.

The jury found Lindsey guilty of murdering Benjamin Grajeda, although Lindsey's lawyer argued that co-defendant William Freeman Jr. was the man who shot the victim in the middle of Kaneohe Bay Drive the even-ing of May 14, 2007.

Lindsey, Freeman and a third man, Reginald Pettway, abducted Grajeda, an alleged drug dealer from Los Angeles living in Kaneohe, by locking him in the truck of their getaway car following a botched robbery, according to testimony in the trial.

Freeman and Pettway pleaded guilty in the case and testified against Lindsey.

Freeman said that he released the trunk lock of the car and slowed the vehicle to allow Grajeda to escape.

"I felt the whole situation had escalated too far," he testified.

When Grajeda ran from the car down the middle of Kaneohe Bay Drive, Lindsey shot him repeatedly with an assault pistol, according to witnesses.

"We're very pleased that the jury took the time to look at all the evidence," Deputy Prosecutor Darrell Wong said.

The verdict, Wong said, sends a message that "we're not going to let this kind of thing happen here."

Defense attorney William Harrison said he and his client were "disappointed" by the jury's decision and are contemplating an appeal.

The jury determined that the burglary, robbery, kidnapping and murder were separate offenses and not part of a "continuing course of action" committed by Lindsey.

And that makes Lindsey eligible for three consecutive 20-year terms of imprisonment to be served after his life sentence is completed and before he could be considered for parole, Wong explained.

Circuit Judge Steven Alm presided over the trial and will sentence Lindsey on Dec. 21.