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Courtesy of Dartmouth College
A state appeals court upheld the 24-year prison sentence originally given to Christopher Hollis for the 2005 fatal shooting of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 on Wednesday, according to court documents.
Hollis' lawyers in the appeal had argued that the original judge in the case, Judge Vernon Nakahara of Alameda County Superior Court, had made errors in his sentencing which violated Hollis' constitutional rights, the documents said.
The First District Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld Vernon's original decision in a 3-0 vote.
David Martin, Hollis' appeals attorney, told The Dartmouth on Thursday that Hollis may continue to appeal the sentence.