Appellant was convicted on his plea of nolo contendere of voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 1). The trial court sentenced him to prison for the six-year upper base term, stating these reasons: "Crime involved great violence, great bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, callousness or visciousness [sic], whether or not charged or chargeable...
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