Devontay Hackett sentencing hearing begins Thursday
Posted Mar 30, 2017 08:16:25 AM.
Last Updated Mar 30, 2017 08:19:33 AM.
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OTTAWA – The sentencing hearing for a man found guilty in a fatal prom night stabbing starts Thursday.
Devontay Hackett, 21, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Feb. 17 after two days of jury deliberations.
He had pleaded not guilty.
Brandon Volpi was stabbed outside Les Suites Hotel on Besserer Street on June 7, 2014, following post-prom celebrations.
Both Devontay Hackett and Brandon Volpi were 18 at the time.
Hackett, was arrested in Toronto on a Canada-wide warrant nearly a month after the stabbing.
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