34 year-old Orlando Wade will continue to spend a life sentence in prison after his conviction was upheld in the Court of Appeal this afternoon.
Wade was convicted on January 26, 2011 of the murder of 45 year-old Dorla Pitterson-Slusher, a mentally ill woman.
On June 24, 2008, the nude body of Pitterson-Slusher was found in an abandoned latrine behind Sylvia's Cool Spot in the Sandhill village; the post mortem revealed that she was raped and then strangled to death.
Wade's attorney, Simeon Sampson, presented one main ground for the appeal in which he pointed out that doctor's post mortem gave an estimated time of death which did not coincide with the time given by the witness who testified that he saw Wade on top of Pitterson's body.
Sampson submitted that the trial judge should have directed the jury better on this discrepancy.
DPP Cheryl Lynn-Vidal rebutted this submission from Sampson saying that the trial judge gave adequate directions to the jury.
After considering the case, the panel of judges ruled that the appeal was dismissed, and their reasons would be given in writing at a later date.
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