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Pablo Cruz of Schenectady is seen in a police photo shortly after his arrested in the hit-and-run death of a cyclist during a high-speed chase.

(Courtesy of Albany County Sheriff)

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A 40-year-old Upstate New York motorist was found guilty Wednesday of killing a bicyclist during a high-speed chase from police, then driving on with the man wedged in a ladder rack on his pickup truck.

Pablo Cruz of Schenectady hit Paul Merges, 45, on an Albany street around 1 a.m. on Nov. 24, 2012. Police said Cruz led police on a two-county chase at speeds of almost 100 mph with Merges trapped on the vehicle.

An Albany jury convicted him Wednesday of second-degree murder, second-degree vehicular manslaughter and several other lesser crimes.

Prosecutors said Cruz was drunk when he plowed his truck into Merges.

Assistant District Attorney Mary Tanner-Richter ended summations by showing jurors Merges' lifeless body on Cruz's truck.

"In this case, I think a picture was worth more than a thousand words," she said afterward. "That really said everything about this case."

The victim's brother, Gene Merges, told reporters after sentencing that Cruz showed no remorse for this "uniquely despicable crime" that killed his brother, a state worker and father of two children, the Albany Times Union reported.

Sentencing is set for Sept. 25. Cruz faces a prison term of 25 years to life.