New trial begins for Chackbay man accused of killing neighbor
Testimony began Wednesday in the retrial of a Chackbay man accused of killing his neighbor in 2017.
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Testimony began Wednesday in the retrial of a Chackbay man accused of killing his neighbor in 2017.
A Chackbay man whose murder conviction was overturned last year is set stand trial again this week.
Chackbay murder case heading back to court A Chackbay man convicted of killing his neighbor in 2017 is heading back to court. By a vote of 10-2, a Lafourche Parish jury in 2018 convicted Keith Trosclair, 63, of the second-degree murder of Christopher Saunders, 46, in a shooting that took place Dec. 5, 2017. A judge then sentenced him to life imprisonment during a hearing May 14, 2019. Because the jury convicted Trosclair on a 10-2 vote, an appeals court ruled he is entitled to a new trial because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. In a landmark decision April 20, the hig...