A Lafayette teenager who admitted to fatally shooting Comeaux High School senior Matthew Carter in 2020 is asking a judge to release him from custody early, nearly a year before his 21st birthday.
Rendavian Warren, now 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the Jan. 18, 2020, killing of Carter, 17. Prosecutors said Warren shot Carter in the head and left him to die.
Warren, who was 13 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to juvenile life and is currently scheduled to remain in custody until April 6, 2027, when he turns 21. But his attorneys argue he should now receive credit for the time he spent in juvenile detention before sentencing…