The co-defendant of a man who was sentenced Jan. 6 on manslaughter and gun charges may stand trial in March pending the acceptance of a plea offer.
The prosecution offered Nicholas Keating, 37, a sentence of 15 years, suspending all but five, followed by three years of supervised probation, agreeing to keep the offer on the table until the end of March 2. Should Keating accept, he would be pleading guilty to attempted voluntary manslaughter, firearm use in a felony crime of violence, having a handgun on his person and possessing a firearm despite a previous disqualifying conviction.
Keating’s co-defendant, 47-year-old Antoine Courtney Manley, accepted an offer on the same counts, and is now set to serve a sentence of 20 years, suspending all but 10…