The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a soldier for participating in the beating, stabbing and incineration of a fellow infantryman. The court released an order today in which it upheld the conviction and life sentence for for Mario Roberto Navarrete in the July 2003 slaying of Specialist Richard Davis. The killing took place a day after the five had returned to Fort Benning after serving a six-month tour in Iraq. The case served as inspiration for the 2007 film "In The Valley of Elah."
