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Sentencing continued for man convicted in sucker punch death

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Convicted of manslaughter: Carlton Church, 39 (Shreveport Police Department) Convicted of manslaughter: Carlton Church, 39 (Shreveport Police Department)
Robert Hall III (Courtesy: Hall family) Robert Hall III (Courtesy: Hall family)
CADDO PARISH, LA (KSLA) -

A sentencing hearing will be continued to another date in the case of a Benton man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a co-worker at a Shreveport car dealership.

The sentencing hearing for 39-year-old Carlton Church will be continued to another date because the judge in the case, Ramona Emanuel, was scheduled for closing arguments in the Seaton rape case. A number of witnesses were set to testify on behalf of Church, who faces up to 40 years in prison at hard labor.

Church is accused of delivering a "sucker punch" that lead to the death of 31-year-old Robert Hall III in February 2009. Both Hall and Church worked at Shreveport's Chevyland car dealership on Youree Drive when the incident happened. Investigators said Church struck Hall with his fist, causing Hall to fall to a concrete floor and strike his head. Hall was rushed to Willis Knighton Pierremont with a head injury. He lapsed into a coma and died three days later. A Caddo Parish jury found Church guilty in December.  

A date has not been set for Church's sentencing.


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