WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - A man accused in a fatal shooting outside a Williston hotel last year has changed his plea to guilty.
Reginald Toussaint, 26, was charged with murder after killing Cedar Pineda after they argued outside the Days Inn last August.
Toussaint originally pleaded not guilty to the charges in October 2019, KSFY-TV reported. He entered the new plea during a hearing Tuesday.
His attorney, Steven Mottinger, said he had talked with Toussaint about arguing the shooting was in self-defense, but he instead decided to take a plea deal.
The agreement a sentencing judge will consider calls for 30 years in prison with 10 years suspended. Sentencing wasn’t immediately scheduled.
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