MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2005
D.A. BROWN: QUEENS VILLAGE MAN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR 2002 STRANGULATION DEATH OF MOTHER
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today that a Queens man who pleaded guilty to intentional manslaughter in the choking death of his mother has been sentenced to a determinate term of eleven years in prison.
District Attorney Brown said, “In admitting his guilt, the defendant acknowledged that he was responsible for violently taking the life of his mother. The imposed prison sentence reflects the gravity of his offense, and he must now accept the consequences of his decision.”
District Attorney Brown identified the defendant as Robert Jean-Lord, 28, of 92-35 216 Street in Queens Village, Queens. The defendant pleaded guilty on October 11, 2005, to Manslaughter in the First Degree before Queens Supreme Court Justice Randall T. Eng who imposed today’s sentence.
The District Attorney said that in admitting his guilt the defendant acknowledged that on October 28, 2002, he became involved in an argument with the victim, Marie Jean-Lord, 52, his mother, in their home. The argument became heated and the defendant choked the victim with his bare hands, causing her death. The defendant then took a piece of a broken mirror and slashed his wrist before summoning police to his house.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer L. Naiburg of the District Attorney's Homicide Trials Bureau prosecuted the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Jack Warsawsky, Deputy Bureau Chief, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Major Crimes Charles A. Testagrossa and Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney for Major Crimes Daniel A. Saunders.