Louisiana Court of Appeal February 24, 2016, No. 50,396-KA (State v. Gipson)

DREW, J.

| Fredrick Gipson entered a negotiated guilty plea for manslaughter (La. R.S. 14:31) and was sentenced to 25 years at hard labor.

Appellate counsel filed an Anders1 brief in support of a motion to withdraw. We held the motion in abeyance and granted the defendant 30 days to file a pro se brief on appeal. The defendant did so, alleging only excessiveness of sentence.