SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) -- The second of four men charged in the Tushar Atre murder case was sentenced on Thursday morning to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Kurtis Charters, 27, was handcuffed and dressed in orange inmate clothing when he learned his fate from Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Stephen Siegel. "This was a very sad situation, every aspect of it," the judge said. Charters was immediately remanded into the custody of state prison authorities to begin serving his sentence.

His younger brother, Kaleb Charters, will appear in the same courthouse Thursday afternoon as testimony for his murder trial continues. Kaleb Charters has pleaded not guilty.

Kaleb Charters, left, and Kurtis Charters, right, are seen in mugshots released by the Santa Cruz County S

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