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Lionel Tate Takes Deal In Pizza Robbery Case

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 20, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE - Lionel Tate, whose killing of a 6-year-old girl once made him the youngest person in modern U.S. history sentenced to life in prison, accepted a plea deal Tuesday in a pizza deliveryman robbery that occurred while he was on probation.

Tate, 21, already is serving 30 years behind bars for violating his probation in the murder case. Under an agreement with prosecutors, Tate pleaded no contest to the May 2005 robbery of a pizza delivery man but will serve no additional prison time.

Tate attorney Jim Lewis said the 10-year sentence for the robbery conviction will run at the same time as the probation violation sentence. Lewis said he will continue to press to reduce Tate's total sentence to 10 years.

"This is definitely a good outcome for him, and hopefully it's not the end," Lewis said.

The Associated Press

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