DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A teenager has been given a 60-year prison sentence for the fatal shooting of a Des Moines man during a drug deal.
The Des Moines Register reports that 17-year-old Dequavius Robinson was sentenced Monday. He’d entered an Alford plea to voluntary manslaughter and two counts of first-degree robbery in the Feb. 7 shooting of 20-year-old Augustin Kouh. Police say Kouh was found dead on a sidewalk. Another person suffered a gunshot wound.
In an Alford plea, a suspect acknowledges there is enough evidence for a jury to reach a guilty verdict.
Robinson, of Des Moines, was 16 at the time of the shooting, which police say involved a drug transaction and robbery.
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Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
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