one that's prevailing. >>> a little over a year after that report, a jury in adult court found darren proctor guilty of murder. the judge gave him the maximum sentence the law allowed. ktvu brought us that news in january of 2007. >> reporter: last october the injure found proctor guilty of first degree murder. today the defense attorney pleaded for leniency given the defendants age. he is now 17. but judge laurel brady handed down the stiffest penalty possible. 50 years to life behind bars. hugging outside the courthouse, the victim's father and the prosecutor said justice was served. >> you take a life, your life needs to be taken. because if you was in my shoes, you would expect the same result. he acted like a grown man and he killed like a grown man. and he is not a child. chronologically age wise he may be young. but his maturity level and getting a gun and gunning down a person is not the act of a child. >> reporter: kelly was killed just days before he was supposed to leave for the university of oregon on a football scholarship. what would have been his university jersey was on displa