LEWISTON, Idaho - A Clarkston, Wash., man convicted in a fatal shooting in Lewiston, Idaho, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Thirty-three-year-old Leotis B. Branigh III was sentenced Friday in Idaho's 2nd District Court.
Judge Jeff Brudie also sentenced Branigh to an additional 15-year prison term for using a firearm.
Branigh represented himself and maintains his innocence.
A Nez Perce County jury convicted Branigh of first-degree murder in December after concluding Branigh shot and killed Michael Johnston outside Johnston's home in October 2007.
Nez Perce County Prosecutor Dan Spickler says Branigh killed Johnston to eliminate a person Branigh viewed as a rival for Desiree Anderson, Johnston's ex-wife.
Spickler says Johnston and Anderson were reconciling.
