STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 17085-KA.

476 So.2d 395 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Anthony O. EDWARDS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Glassell, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Powell A. Layton, John A. Broadwell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The defendant, Anthony O. Edwards, was indicted for the crime of second degree murder. Defendant was sixteen years old at the time of the offense and was prosecuted as an adult in accordance with LSA-R.S. 13:1570. In plea negotiations, the charge was reduced to manslaughter and defendant pled guilty. He received the maximum possible sentence for the offense, twenty-one years at hard labor. The defendant now appeals, urging a reversal of his sentence...

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