After judge rejected plea deal, Oakland man gets 13 years for 2018 killing

OAKLAND — The defendant in a years-old murder case was sentenced to 13 years, more than double the amount of time that prosecutors had initially sought to impose in a plea deal that a judge rejected.

Bryon Revels, 32, was formally sentenced on Christmas Eve and transferred to North Kern State Prison on Jan. 7, court records show. He pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 killing of 22-year-old Donald Smith Jr., and prosecutors dropped a murder charge in return. Revels...