Sentence is 17 years

District Attorney announced last week the sentencing in a homicide case. Darrion Simmons, 22, of Campti, pled guilty Feb. 1 to one count of manslaughter in the 10th District Court.

As a result of the guilty plea, District Court Judge Desiree Dyess sentenced Simmons to an agreed upon 17 years incarceration at hard labor. The case stems from a May 2022 incident in which Simmons shot Darnell Jermaine …