A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend's uncle at a backyard Amityville party.

Paulin Cerisier, 29, was sentenced to prison for the July 18, 2021, murder of 41-year-old Maresse Dickerson-Stevenson in Amityville.

"While today’s sentence does not bring back Maresse Dickerson-Stevenson, it does ensure that there was justice for the victim and his family," Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement after the sentencing. "Far too often, lives are being lost or permanently altered due to violence."

Cerisier drew the ire of those in the courtroom Thursday as he interrupted his attorney’s condolences to the victim’s family to ask the judge if he could avoid paying a $325 mandatory surcharge related to his felony convict

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