The defendant, Lionel Sorina, was indicted on two counts of first degree murder in August, 1981 and went to trial in October, 1983. When this trial ended in a mistrial, the district attorney amended the indictment to charge two counts of second degree murder and retried the defendant in July, 1984. He was convicted on both counts and given two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment at hard labor without...
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