Montgomery County Circuit Judge Ray Grubbs imposed the death penalty on William Morva

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Ray Grubbs imposed the death penalty on William Morva, 26. On March 13 (see) a jury had recommended the death penalty for the August 2006 deaths of hospital guard Derrick McFarland, 32, and Montgomery County sheriff's deputy Eric Sutphin, 40. Morva was an inmate at the Montgomery jail and had escaped a deputy's custody when he killed the 2.