State v. Shepherd

ALFORD, Judge.

The defendant, Michael Anthony Shepherd, was charged by indictment with the second degree murder of Freddie Williams, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. Initially, he pled not guilty. Immediately before trial, however, the defendant entered into a plea bargain agreement in which he entered a plea of nolo contendere to the lesser included offense of manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31. In exchange for the nolo contendere plea, the State agreed not to charge the defendant as a second felony offender. After the defendant entered the plea, the trial judge sentenced him to the…