KIRBY, Judge.
On December 17, 1998, the defendant, Shun Williams, was charged by bill of indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. On March 4, 1999, a jury found Williams guilty of manslaughter, a violation of La. R.S. 14:31. On May 4, 1999, the trial court sentenced him to forty years at hard labor. A motion to reconsider the sentence was denied. This appeal followed.
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