Carter gets 23-to-life in Stuart shooting death

YOUNGSTOWN

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the April 29, 2013, murder of a 26-year-old man during a North Side drug deal.

Kalontae Carter, of Norwood Avenue, who was only 17 at the time of the crime, drew the prison time this afternoon from Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Carter was convicted by a jury this month on all counts in the shooting death of Kristopher Stuart in Stuart’s Elm Street residence.

The jury convicted Carter of aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and felonious assault with firearm specifications.

Before the trial, Carter rejected a plea deal, in which prosecutors offered to recommend a 14-year prison term.