Plea Bargain In 1988 Cold Case Murder

Lee Morris Hamburg
Bowie County

A Bowie County jury found a northeast Texas man guilty of voluntary manslaughter and reached a plea bargain with prosecutors in his sentencing. Reportedly, 52-year-old Lee Morris Hamburg was sentenced to eight years in prison for the fatal shooting of 53-year-old Gene Dean, of Simms, in 1988. Hamburg claimed he had been sexually assaulted by Dean when he was intoxicated. As part of the sentence, Hamburg will not appeal his conviction or sentence. The victim’s family approved the plea deal.