CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE RE-TRIAL OF A MAN WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY IN 2008, OF THE 2006 STABBING DEATH OF A MAN AT A LA SELVA BEACH PARTY. 2 YEARS AGO, AN APPEALS COURT OVERTURNED THE INITIAL CONVICTION OF LEOPOLDO ALEJANDRO CORTES. CORTES STABBED 23 YEAR-OLD CHRIS CARR 12 TIMES. AT ISSUE, IS WHETHER HE DID THAT IN SELF-DEFENSE. CORTES FACE A 1ST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE, AND (IF CONVICTED) COULD FACE THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.
