Convicted Robber Pleads No Contest In Fatal Shooting On San Pablo Avenue

OAKLAND, CA – A convicted robber pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter Friday for fatally shooting a man in West Berkeley in August 2013.

Krishna Ferreira, 26, of San Leandro, was charged with murder for the shooting death of 24-year-old Dustin Bynum in the 1800 block of San Pablo Avenue, near the Albatross Pub, at about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2013.

But prosecutors agreed Friday to allow Ferreira to plead no contest to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Ferreira also pleaded no contest to an enhancement clause that he used a gun to kill Bynum and admitted that he had a prior conviction for second-degree robbery on Aug. 6, 2012.

He faces a term of 16 years in state prison when he's sentenced by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Horner on July 20.

Ferreira, who has a long ponytail and was dressed in a yellow jail uniform, is deaf and used the services of two deaf interpreters to enter his pleas Friday.

Prosecutor John Brouhard said he believes Ferreira's manslaughter plea is an appropriate outcome for the case.

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