Suspected burglar gets 9 years over Oakland homeowner killing his friend

OAKLAND A Bay Area man has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for a burglary that resulted in the death of a suspect but not at the hands of the defendant David Washington pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the March shooting death of -year-old Charles Calloway Police declared Calloway was killed by the resident of a home on the block of nd Avenue in East Oakland but Washington was charged with murder under the legal theory that he and Calloway forced the man to use lethal force in self-defense Washington s murder charge was dropped after he pleaded no contest to manslaughter as part of the plea deal He was formally sentenced on May records show But court filings by the defense paint both men as good Samaritans who weren t necessarily bound by the law The filing says that everything started that day when a woman s rental car was stolen with her phone inside on March The woman tracked her phone to the home where the shooting took place then she her daughter Calloway and Washington allegedly stood outside and demanded the phone be returned When they were met with no response Calloway and Washington allegedly kicked in the door and a man inside shot and killed Calloway Washington s lawyer declined to comment on the plea deal Had Washington been convicted as originally charged he faced a life sentence The plea deal gives him credit for the year he spent in jail after his arrest