An Enfield man began serving a 207- to 258-month prison sentence after pleading guilty last week in a 2011 murder.
Delorean Taylor, 32, was originally scheduled for trial this week but instead took a plea for second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.
He was originally charged with murder in the shooting death of 18-year-old Kevin Taylor, who was an innocent bystander at a party in the Medoc community in June of 2011.
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office reported then as the deputies arrived to a disturbance call, shots were heard and the crowd dispersed. As they took Taylor into custody, they discovered Davis, of Littleton, lying in the yard with a gunshot wound to the back.
Taylor apparently got into an argument with someone else when the shots were fired. Davis was not a part of the argument.