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Damantae Graham, 19, was sentenced to death Thursday by a Portage County judge after he was found guilty of killing an 18-year-old Kent State University student during a February robbery.

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RAVENNA, Ohio - An Akron man found guilty of killing an 18-year-old Kent State University student has been sentenced to death.

Damantae Graham, 19, was sentenced Tuesday by Portage County Common Pleas Judge Laurie J. Pittman, court records show. He was found guilty on Nov. 8 of all six counts of the indictment, including aggravated murder and aggravated robbery.

Graham, along with two other teens, robbed an apartment on Feb. 7 on East Main Street, near the university's campus, police said. Graham shot and killed Nicholas Massa, 18, during the robbery.

Graham's three accomplices, who were teenagers at the time of the killing, will be tried as adults for their role in the robbery. Their trials are scheduled to begin at the end of the month, court records show.

Graham's attorneys did not immediately return messages seeking comment Thursday afternoon.

He will be transferred to the Lorain Correctional Institute now that he has been sentenced, a court document states.

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