Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing of Marijuana Dispensary Worker

Voters in five states on Nov. 8, 2022, will be asked to legalize recreational adult-use of marijuana and join 19 other states where it is legal, including California, where marijuana was being sold in this Los Angeles dispensary in January 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 52-year-old man was sentenced Aug. 17 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his part in chasing down and fatally shooting a marijuana dispensary worker with a cash-filled backpack in Santa Ana.

Antonio Lamont Triplett was convicted June 9 of murder, with a special-circumstance allegation of killing during a robbery, and felony second-degree robbery. Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard King tacked on an additional five years to the punishment but stayed the order.