Man convicted of murdering Matt Landry has sentence overturned
Three years after the brutal murder of Matt Landry, the sentence of one of his killers, Ihab Maslamani, has been overturned.
TRUST IS BETRAYED, JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL. Carmen: OUR MARA MACDONALD REPORTING FOR US LIVE. HE WAS CARJACKED, KIDNAPPED, AND THEN EXECUTED. THREE YEARS AFTER THE BRUTAL MURDER OF MATT LANDRY, THE SENTENCE OF ONE OF THE KILLERS HAS BEEN OVERTURNED. Devin: MORE ON A NEW TWIST IN A CASE THAT SHOCKED SO MANY PEOPLE. Hank: IT WAS A HORRIBLE STORY, AN AWFUL TRAGEDY FOR THE LANDRY FAMILY AND NOW WILL BE DEALING WITH A LOT OF NEW EMOTIONS AS IHAB MASLAMANI HEADS BACK TO COURT. HE WAS FOUND IN THIS HOME THAT HAS BEEN TORN DOWN, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTIES LIKE IT ON THE STREET. IHAB MASLAMANI IS ACCUSED OF KILLING LANDRY AND THE SENTENCE COULD BE CHANGED. THE FLINT TEENAGER WHO WENT ON A VIOLENT CRIME SPREE THAT INCLUDING KIDNAPPING AND KILLING MATT LANDRY IS HEADING BACK TO COURT. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY MURDER AND NUMEROUS OTHER CHARGES, HIS LIFE SENTENCE COULD CHANGE. HERE'S LEGAL EXPERT TODD FLOOD. IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC PASS TO SENTENCE A JUVENILE TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. OUR SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS HAS ADOPTED THAT. AND WE HAVE CERTAIN FACTORS TO LOOK AT. Hank: BECAUSE IHAB MASLAMANI WAS 17 WHEN IT PLAYED OUT, A SPECIAL HEARING NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO DETERMINE IF A MINOR COULD BE PUT AWAY FOR LIFE. IT DID NOT TAKE PLACE PREVIOUSLY AND WAS EXPOSED DURING THE APPEALS PROCESS. SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A SENTENCING HEARING TO MAKE SURE THEY ADOPT OR LOOK AT ALL THE FACTORS. Hank: HE IS STILL GUILTY AND WILL LIKELY SPEND UP TO LIFE IN PRISON, BUT THE HEARING HAS TO TAKE PLACE AND WILL TAKE PLACE AND BRING THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THIS DISTURBING STORY TO A CLOSE. Hank: BACK OUT HERE LIVE. THE HOME THE BODY WAS FOUND IN HAS SINCE BEEN TORN DOWN. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT MATT'S FAMILY WAS WORKING TO HAVING MANY OF THESE HOMES TORN DOWN. IN REGARDS TO IHAB MASLAMANI, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE A JUDGE VERY SOON AND THERE'S ANOTHER DEFENDANT, ROBERT TAYLOR, 16 AT THE TIME. AND THAT DECISION AND THAT SENTENCE COULD ALSO BE APPEALED AND HE COULD SOON END UP IN COURT. LIVE HERE TONIGHT, HANK WINCHESTER, BACK TO YOU. Devin: WE'VE GOT A HEARING COMING UP. WHEN WILL THAT BE? Hank: THE DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET, BUT PROSECUTORS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WOULD LIKE TO GET IT OVER QUICKLY, SO THE FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE TO DEAL
