In 2008 we first told you the story of Christina Zetina. The Ladyville resident was shot in the leg by Lenny Bennett in a wild and jealous rage. Christina lost her leg but in 2010, Bennett was acquitted.
He was re-tried and convicted last week Friday.
And tonight, he's spending the first night of a 10 year jail sentence.
That's the decision that Justice Troadio Gonzalez handed him today after hearing his mitigation plea, and that 10 years starts counting from today's date.
On January 29, 2008, he shot Christina Zetina while she was on Clother Avenue with her new boyfriend. One of the bullets struck her in the left leg, and due to a life-threatening infection, doctors had to amputate her from the knee down.
She testified against him twice, in his first trial, and then in this retrial. In the first trial, he was acquitted of 2 counts of attempted murder, but the jury couldn't come to a verdict on maim. In this second trial, a new jury found him guilty of maim.
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