Two men convicted of murdering Echo Park pot shop clerk in 2010

Two men were convicted this week in the 2010 murder of a 27-year-old medical marijuana dispensary employee in Echo Park.

Daniel Deshawn Hinton, 31, and Raymond Lemone Easter, 27, were found guilty of first-degree murder and premeditated attempted murder, according to the L.A. County district attorney’s office. The two also faced special circumstances charges of committing the murder during the course of a robbery, according to The Times’ Homicide Report.

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On June 24, 2010, Matthew Butcher was working at Higher Path Holistic Care about 4:15 p.m. when four people entered the facility. At gunpoint, they ordered Butcher and a security guard to lie face-down on the ground as they ransacked the dispensary for marijuana and money, according to an account given to police by the security guard, who survived.

Though Butcher and the security guard did not resist, the attackers shot them, then removed the videotape from the facility’s surveillance system.

Matthew Butcher’s brother, Steven Butcher, 23, said that the trial was difficult for his family.

“It was tough being in the same room as those guys, looking at them,” he said, adding that the conviction won’t bring any more closure for the family.

“It forever changed our family,” Butcher said. “Things will never be the same.”

Hinton and Easter return to court for sentencing Jan. 10. They face life in prison without the possibility of parole.

[For the record, 10:55 a.m. PST, Nov. 22: An earlier version of this post incorrectly referred to Matthew Butcher in the headline as the store owner.]

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