An Ephrata man loses his appeal to his conviction and 55-year sentence for killing his 82-year-old landlord in 2014. It took two trials for Chad Bennett to be found guilty of killing Lucille Moore and was given an exceptional sentence. Attorneys for Bennett appealed claiming the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss for governmental mismanagement along with prosecutorial misconduct and the exceptional sentence. This week a state appeals court in Spokane upheld the conviction.