New Haven man draws 35 years in shooting death

The New Haven Register reports ( http://bit.ly/ROieUD ) that Darry Staton was sentenced for first-degree manslaughter with a firearm in the shooting death of Enrique Lawrence.

Superior Court Judge Patrick Clifford also imposed a 20-year sentence for first-degree assault. He made it concurrent with the manslaughter sentence.

The assault charge was related to the shooting by the 41-year-old Staton of Lawrence's mother, Linda Lawrence, at the time he shot her son in February 2009.

During jury selection in September, Staton decided to not risk a conviction at trial and an even longer sentence than he received in the plea deal. He was originally charged with murder.

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