California defendant faints after being found guilty in murder conspiracy plot
McDavid intent.Diana Lovejoy
Diana Lovejoy   45  collapsed in court after  she  was found guilty of a conspiracy charge as well as attempted murder  prompting loud gasps from the courtroom.
When court reconvened 30 minutes later  Lovejoy  was no longer at the defense table â instead  she  had been wheeled out by paramedics and taken to a nearby hospital  FOX5 San Diego reported.
 Lovejoy  and McDavid planned the crime after meeting at a gun range where  she  was taking lessons. According to prosecutors  he contacted  Lovejoy 's ex-husband Greg Mulvihill on Sept. 1  2016 posing as a private investigator claiming to have information on his estranged wife.
The caller instructed Mulvihill at the time to go to a remote dirt road where he could pick up a package containing materials related to  Lovejoy   prosecutor Jodi Breton told jurors. Mulvihill and a co-worker  Jason Kovach  drove to the area together to look for a package taped to a power pole.
The prosecutor said Mulvihill  45  was trying to reclaim his life after  Lovejoy  had made claims that he had molested their young son and sexually abused her. The couple had been separated since July 2014 and were in the final stages of completing their divorce  FOX5 reported.
Authorities later determined the phone used to call Mulvihill was purchased by  Lovejoy   and feces found in the bushes at the scene of the shooting were traced to  McDavid .
 McDavid 's attorney  Ricky Crawford  said his client was a trained marksman and retired Marine who fired his rifle only after he heard someone yell "I have a gun!"
"If  Weldon McDavid  wanted to kill someone with  his  skill set   he  would have done so " Crawford told the jury. "That was not  his  intent. "
Lovejoy  faces 25 years to life in prison  while  McDavid  faces 50 years to life in prison when they are sentenced on Dec. 12.
Diana Lovejoy   45  collapsed in court after  she  was found guilty of a conspiracy charge as well as attempted murder  prompting loud gasps from the courtroom.
When court reconvened 30 minutes later  Lovejoy  was no longer at the defense table â instead  she  had been wheeled out by paramedics and taken to a nearby hospital  FOX5 San Diego reported.
 Lovejoy  and McDavid planned the crime after meeting at a gun range where  she  was taking lessons. According to prosecutors  he contacted  Lovejoy 's ex-husband Greg Mulvihill on Sept. 1  2016 posing as a private investigator claiming to have information on his estranged wife.
The caller instructed Mulvihill at the time to go to a remote dirt road where he could pick up a package containing materials related to  Lovejoy   prosecutor Jodi Breton told jurors. Mulvihill and a co-worker  Jason Kovach  drove to the area together to look for a package taped to a power pole.
The prosecutor said Mulvihill  45  was trying to reclaim his life after  Lovejoy  had made claims that he had molested their young son and sexually abused her. The couple had been separated since July 2014 and were in the final stages of completing their divorce  FOX5 reported.
Authorities later determined the phone used to call Mulvihill was purchased by  Lovejoy   and feces found in the bushes at the scene of the shooting were traced to  McDavid .
 McDavid 's attorney  Ricky Crawford  said his client was a trained marksman and retired Marine who fired his rifle only after he heard someone yell "I have a gun!"
"If  Weldon McDavid  wanted to kill someone with  his  skill set   he  would have done so " Crawford told the jury. "That was not  his  intent. "
Lovejoy  faces 25 years to life in prison  while  McDavid  faces 50 years to life in prison when they are sentenced on Dec. 12.