Prosecutor Chester Cedars convinced the 12-person panel that Joseph, of Houma, meant to kill Delores Robertson Joseph, 31, of Patterson when he chained her to a dolly and dumped into a canal in lower St. Martin Parish.
Craig Colwart, Joseph's attorney, argued that Joseph thought he had already killed her in a bedroom squabble and was merely disposing of the body.
Had the jury gone along with the defense, Joseph could have gotten off with second-degree murder, meaning a life stretch in prison, or even manslaughter.
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