Chappaquiddick
on Bayou St. John – New Orleans, La.
Michelle
M. Haensel Memorial Web Site
Homicide Case History
Victim: Michelle “Shelly” Haensel
New Orleans, Louisiana
LA. Fourth Circuit
Court
Louisiana
Supreme Court
U.S.
District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Letters Written to
the Court on Behalf of the Convicted Felon
Fredricks Street Mystery
Charity Hospital Mystery
There were many district criminal court hearings prior to the
trial, court actions resulting from the criminal trial, bond hearings, and a sentencing
hearing all relating to
Dr. Christopher C.
Nabors arrest and prosecution. Additionally, there were several appeals of the conviction and
sentence by
Dr. Nabors. The above links present information,
testimony, and statements from the trial court judge relative to the courtroom
activity.
Dr. Nabors' appeals to the Orleans Parish District
Court, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court, Louisiana Supreme Court, United States
District Court, and the United States Court of Appeals all failed. The results
of these appeals are documented through the links shown on this page. Since
June of 2000, all appeals related to
Dr. Christopher Nabors
homicide conviction and sentence have been
exhausted with no postconviction relief.
LOUISIANA R.S. 14:30.1 (1995) - Second Degree Murder
The killing of a human being when the offender has a specific
intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, or when the offender is engaged in
the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated rape, forcible rape,
or other listed felony crime even though the offender has no intent to kill or
inflict great bodily harm.
LOUISIANA R.S. 14:31 (1995) - Manslaughter
A homicide which would be murder but the offense is
committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation
sufficient to deprive an average person of his self-control and cool
reflection, or a homicide committed without any intent to cause death or great
bodily harm, or a homicide when the offender is engaged in the perpetration, or
attempted perpetration of any felony or any intentional misdemeanor directly
affecting the person.
LOUISIANA R.S. 14:32.1 (1995) - Vehicular Homicide
Vehicular homicide is the killing of a human being
caused proximately or caused directly by an offender engaged in the operation
of or in actual physical control of any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel or
other means of conveyance whether or not the offender had the intent to cause
death or great bodily harm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages or
controlled dangerous substances.
Note: Above definitions have been
paraphrased from actual Louisiana Revised Statue as they existed in 1995.
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