Associated Press - August 7, 2009 2:14 PM ET

WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) - A judge has sentenced an Opelika man to death for killing a young father during a truck hijacking in the parking lot of the Millbrook Wal-Mart.

A jury in Elmore County had recommended that 20-year-old Calvin McMillan receive a sentence of life without parole. But Circuit Judge John Bush imposed a death sentence Friday.

District Attorney Randall Houston said the family of 23-year-old James Bryan Martin was pleased with the judge's decision to impose the maximum sentence for capital murder.

Martin was a father of 2. He was shot four times Aug. 29, 2007, and his truck was stolen. Martin was on his way home from a Montgomery Biscuits baseball game and had stopped at the Wal-Mart to pick up diapers and baby wipes.

Information from: Montgomery Advertiser, http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

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