Sentence May Decide Next Steps in Boating Case ; If Satisfied with the Jail Term, Prosecutors May Not Retry Robert Lapointe On Manslaughter Charges.

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Prosecutors considering whether to retry Robert LaPointe on manslaughter charges will likely wait to see what sentence he gets in November for boating drunk in a crash that killed two people.

LaPointe, 39, was found guilty Wednesday of two counts of aggravated drunk driving in the boating deaths last year of Terry Raye Trott and Suzanne Groetzinger. A mistrial was declared on two more serious charges of manslaughter after the jury deadlocked on those and a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

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Sentence May Decide Next Steps in Boating Case ; If Satisfied with the Jail Term, Prosecutors May Not Retry Robert Lapointe On Manslaughter Charges.

Cumberland County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Norbert, who assisted District Attorney Stephanie Anderson in the case, said Thursday that prosecutors have not determined whether to seek a new trial on the manslaughter charges. They wil...

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