Nolan Turcotte, shown here in December, 2008, being taken into court, will serve his second-degree murder sentence in a federal penitentiary. (CBC)

A Regina teenager convicted of killing a Good Samaritan on Boxing Day, 2006 will serve his time in prison, not a youth facility, a judge has decided.

Queen's Bench Justice Ron Barclay made the decision Monday at a placement hearing for Nolan Royce Turcotte, 18.

Last year, a jury convicted Turcotte of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Larry Moser near a convenience store. The trial heard Moser was trying to help a store clerk deal with a group of teens believed to have stolen a bag of sunflower seeds.

When Moser confronted the youths, Turcotte stabbed him three times in the back.

Turcotte, who was 16 at the time of the murder, later bragged about his actions, the court heard.

Following his conviction, Turcotte was given an automatic life sentence, with parole eligibility set at seven years.

Although a youth in 2006, Turcotte was sentenced as an adult, and his name can be published.

Until Monday, the only aspect of the sentence still before the judge was where Turcotte would serve it.

The Crown and defence submitted a joint recommendation that Turcotte serve his sentence in a federal institution, and Barclay agreed.