2 SALINAS MEN HAVE PLEADED “NO CONTEST” TO CHARGES OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. 21 YEAR-OLD ANDRE LEE-VAN AND 22 YEAR-OLD JAMES SMITH, WHO HAD FACED POTENTIAL LIFE SENTENCES FOR THE 2009 SEASIDE MURDER OF 23 YEAR-OLD SALINAS RESIDENT TROY HILL, AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SCOTT REYNOLDS. LEE-VAN AND SMITH ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE SENTENCED LATER THIS MONTH, TO SPEND 18-AND-A-QUARTER YEARS BEHIND BARS.
