BROWN, Judge.
Indicted for second degree murder, defendant, James Bernard Robinson, bargained a guilty plea to manslaughter. The trial judge ordered that defendant serve the maximum term of 21 years at hard labor. Challenging the sentence as excessive, defendant appeals. We affirm.
FACTS
The victim was a 21-year old student at Northeast State University who majored in pre-med and had, according to his parents, a 3.0 grade average. On April 28, 1991...
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