State v. Edwards

GREMILLION, Judge.

| defendant, Wilfred Lee Edwards, plead guilty to the manslaughter of Aldwin Smith, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31. At the guilty plea hearing the State recited these facts to support the plea:

Between June 17th, 2010, and June 18th, 2010, the defendant shot and killed Aldwin Smith. The two had been arguing during the night of June 17th. Edwards had accused Smith of wrongfully selling a handgun which belonged to him or stealing it from him. As the night went on, the argument became more intense. At one point Edwards pushed Smith down, as they argued, in Smith’s bedroom. Smith…