Jurors convicted one brother of murder in the fatal shooting of Brandon Broussard.
Shavis Toby was found guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence. Carlos Toby was found not guilty. Both were convicted of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder.
Jurors deliberated for about five hours Saturday before rendering the verdict. Sentencing for the conspiracy charges will be held at a later date.
In their closing arguments that morning, attorneys on both sides said they were fighting for justice.
State prosecutors said justice for Broussard and his family would have been finding each Carlos Toby and Shavis Toby guilty on all counts.
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DNA from part of a glove found at the site of a fatal shooting matched one of the two men accused of murder, according to a forensic chemist with the Acadiana Crime Lab.
Carlos Toby and Shavis Toby each are facing one count of second-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Brandon Broussard on Oct. 13, 2018.
The trial is ongoing, and each man s charges will be determined separately. A second-degree murder conviction carries a life sentence. Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The tip of a blue latex glove was found near the back of the Grossie Lane trailer after Brandon Broussard was shot to death. Earlier in the trial, an investigator said the evidence was found more than three hours after the shooting because it was outside of the initial crime scene area.
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Brandon Broussard was with his girlfriend, Lashea Dugas, and her family playing cards the night he died.
When Dugas lost her money, she went back to the home the two shared in Carencro with five of the children, 15th Judicial District Attorney Roya Boustany told jurors Thursday.
Broussard came home later after picking up ice cream for the 4-year-old child who was in the truck with him. He called Dugas, told her he was home and to open the door. But when he pulled up at the couple’s home at about 10:50 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2018, he was shot, Boustany said.
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