An appeals court has affirmed the 25-year sentence of a man convicted of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder in the 2018 death of Lafayette boxer Brandon Broussard.
Carlos Toby, 44, of Texas, allegedly fought with Broussard over a woman in a Lafayette nightclub two weeks before the fatal shooting. He was accused of enlisting his brother, Shavis Toby, 47, of New Iberia, in the revenge killing of Broussard.
A Lafayette Parish jury in July 2021 convicted Carlos Toby on the conspiracy charge but not on a charge of second-degree murder. In April 2022, he was sentenced to 25 years in jail and ordered to pay Broussard’s family $16,987 for hospital expenses…