We start first with the their decision to uphold the conviction of Krismar Espinosa, who is currently serving out the rest of his 16 year sentence for manslaughter.

Back in June of 2015, He was convicted in the northern Sessions of the Supreme Court for the killing of the 24 year-old mother, Rachel Chun. In September of 2007, Chun was believed to have been taken into an abandoned building in Santa Familia, where she was sexually assaulted, and bludgeoned to death with a cement block. She was found 4 days later, half naked and decomposing, and she was last seen with Espinosa in front of her house.

He was tried for murder, but he was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, and he has since been behind bars serving out his sentence.

Well, he and his attorney, Anthony Sylvestre, appealed that conviction. Over the course of several months, the panel of Appeal judges reviewed the grounds put forward on behalf of Espinosa, and those from DPP Cheryl-Lynn Vidal, who asked the court to uphold the conviction.

The judges returned today with a majority verdict, meaning 2 judges of the same ruling, and another with a dissenting opinion. They ruled that Espinosa's conviction for manslaughter should be upheld, and that his appeal should be dismissed.