Man resentenced in 2006 robbery slaying

PITTSBURGH (AP) A man serving a life term in a shooting death during a robbery i eight years ago has been resentenced to 43 years to life.

Twenty-four-year-old Leslie Brown was convicted of second-degree murder, robbery and other charges in Allegheny County in the death of 53-year-old Michael Stepien. The father of two was killed in an alley in Swissvale in September 2006.

Brown was 16 at the time of the slaying but wasn’t arrested for three years. He appealed to the state Superior Court last year following a federal court ruling striking down mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders.

Common Pleas Judge Edward Borkowski sentenced him Wednesday to 40 years to life on the second-degree murder conviction and a consecutive three- to six-year term on a firearms charge.