Yee Shun was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources (NBC News, History.com, AsAmNews, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of New Mexico) confirm the conviction and life sentence, though several trace back to historian John R. Wunder's original research on trial transcripts.
Sources
- Monument Marks Little-Remembered Case That Set Precedent for Asian Americans to Testify in Court (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.history.com/articles/chinese-exclusion-act-yee-shun-legal-rights (history.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-monument-highlights-landmark-case-allowed-chinese-testify-u-s-n1117221 (nbcnews.com)
- https://asamnews.com/2018/04/01/new-mexico-to-erect-a-sculpture-commemorating-historic-case-of-yee-shun/ (asamnews.com)
- http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.asam.021 (plainshumanities.unl.edu)
- https://www.unm.edu/~toh/china/yee-shun.html (unm.edu)