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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