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State of Louisiana v Corderrius Mitchell
Car driver gets life in shooting death of immigrant
| Crime | On December 16, 2011, Honduras immigrant Fausto David Ortiz-Herrera was gunned down in Baton Rouge during an armed robbery. |
| Evidence | A .45 cartridge case was recovered from the scene of the homicide. |
| DNA | The Louisiana State Police crime laboratory developed DNA data from the cartridge case. |
| Match | There was insufficient DNA for manual mixture analysis to produce a match statistic. |
| TrueAllele | On the same cartridge data, computer analysis gave a statistic of 93.3 million to co-defendant Reshaud Johnson. |
| Cybergenetics | On January 14, 2016, Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the Baton Rouge trial of driver Corderrius “Pooche” Mitchell about the TrueAllele match results. |
| Outcome | After deliberating 43 minutes, the jury convicted Mitchell of second-degree homicide. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. |
Media
- Man shot to death during possible robbery WAFB
- Detectives arrest man in connection with murder WFLX
- Plea deal available until jury seated Tuesday, prosecutor tells defendant in Baton Rouge murder trial The Advocate
- Trial begins in slaying of Honduran immigrant living with his brother in Baton Rouge The Advocate
- Baton Rouge man who refused plea deal is convicted Friday and now faces life in prison for Tracy Avenue slaying The Advocate
- Man sentenced to life without parole for 2011 murder KPLC