OPDA Secures Second-Degree Murder Conviction and 40-Year Manslaughter Sentence
An Orleans Parish jury returned a guilty verdict on second-degree murder, and a separate defendant was sentenced to 40 years for manslaughter.
An Orleans Parish jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged on second-degree murder following a three-day trial presented by the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Homicide Unit. In a separate matter resolved the same week, a defendant was sentenced to 40 years in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections for manslaughter.
Two families waited years for this day. Our prosecutors did not let the passage of time weaken these cases, and today those families have an answer. District Attorney Jason Rogers Williams
Case background
The Homicide Unit worked the investigation alongside the New Orleans Police Department, with forensic support and witness coordination provided by the office’s Victim/Witness Services division throughout the pendency of the case.
Sentencing in the second-degree murder conviction is scheduled for next month. Second-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence under Louisiana law.
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