Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

A suspect about to go to trial on a murder charge in a shooting death three years ago has accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for 28 years

A suspect about to go to trial on a murder charge in a shooting death three years ago has accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for 28 years.

The New Haven Register reports that Shaquan Armour pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Lee Mitchell.

Eleven jurors had been selected. But after discussions with his public defender, Armour decided against risking going to trial and possibly receiving a much longer sentence.

Public defender Thomas Ullmann said he had a viable self-defense case on murder but his client could have been convicted on that charge.

He said the 28-year sentence is not a slap on the wrist

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