By Andy Furillo
afurillo@sacbee.com

Sacramento prosecutors have obtained their first conviction in the October 2008 shooting death of a California correctional officer in the garage of his south area home.

Allyssa Vue, 37, the sister of former sheriff's deputy Chu Vue, who is the principal defendant in the slaying of Steve Lo, pleaded no contest Friday to acting as an accessory in the case.

She was sentenced to 90 days on the sheriff's work project and five years of probation, according to Sacramento County Superior Court records.

Allyssa Vue waived her appellate rights and also agreed that she would not assert her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination if she is called as a witness in her 45-year-old brother's trial that is set for March 30, according to the terms of the plea that were approved by Judge Marjorie Koller.

The judge ordered her to appear in court on the first day of the trial.

According to police and prosecutors, Allyssa Vue rented a motel room for two other brothers who are charged in the case with actually carrying out the Oct. 15, 2008, shooting of Lo.

One of those brothers, Chong Vue, in another recent development in the case, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while committing a July 10, 2001, drive-by shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., according to Hennepin County court records.

Chong Vue, 30, entered his plea Jan. 29. The court records did not say what sentence he received.

His brother, Gary Vue, 28, the shooter in the 2001 case, was convicted Dec. 10 of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 31 years.

Gary Vue has since been extradited to Sacramento to face trial along with Chu Vue, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office. Chong Vue is expected to be transported to Sacramento within the next month.

Both Chong Vue and Gary Vue were fugitives in the Minnesota case at the time of Steve Lo's shooting.

Police and prosecutors say that Chu Vue arranged the shooting death of Lo because the correctional officer was having an affair with the former deputy's wife.

A friend of the family, Lang Vue, 27, also is charged with murder in the case on grounds that he aided and abetted the correctional officer's death. Two other defendants, Lee Vue and Mason Vue, were accused along with Allyssa Vue as acting as accessories. Their trial is scheduled for April 14.