Photos: Home invasion sentencing

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Photos: Home invasion sentencing

Veshawn Smith, 15, and Trequan Sutton, 16, weep as they stand with their lawyers in front of Judge Henry M. Newkirk at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. They pleaded guilty in a home invasion case. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Michael Lash reacts during the trial of Brandon Jerome Smith, 19, at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Lash was shot in both legs during a home invasion in August. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Defendants (from left) Veshawn Smith, 15, Trequan Sutton, 16, and Quindarius Slade, 15, stand with their lawyers in front of Judge Henry M. Newkirk at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Each one pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a violent home invasion. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Brandon Jerome Smith, 19, with his attorney Sara Becker leaves after he was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years and an additional five years for the violent home invasion in August at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Michael and Whitney Lash hold hands during a trial of Brandon Jerome Smith, 19, at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Judge Henry M. Newkirk presides over at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Chandra Duncan, aunt of defendants Trequan Sutton and Quindarius Slade, hugs Whitney Lash at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

A family member of Brandon Jerome Smith, 19, reacts at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Brandon Jerome Smith, who turned 19 on Jan. 21, was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years and an additional five years for the violent home invasion in August. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Brandon Jerome Smith, 19, sits with his attorney Sara Becker at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Brandon Jerome Smith, who turned 19 on Jan. 21, was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years and an additional five years for the violent home invasion in August. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Chandra Duncan, aunt of defendants Trequan Sutton and Quindarius Slade, speaks to victim's family members at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Veshawn Smith, 15, and Trequan Sutton, 16, and Quindarius Slade, 15, stand with their lawyers in front of Judge Henry M. Newkirk at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Defendants (from left) Veshawn Smith, 15, Trequan Sutton, 16, and Quindarius Slade, 15, leave at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Judge Henry M. Newkirk listens as Michael Lash (foreground) speaks at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Michael Lash may never regain feeling in one foot after being shot in both legs. Though his wife and baby daughter weren't physically injured in a violent home invasion in northwest Atlanta, the two dodged bullets by inches. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Quindarius Slade, 15, stands with his attorney at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. He pleaded guilty in a home invasion case and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Michael and Whitney Lash leaves Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Veshawn Smith, 15, and Trequan Sutton, 16, weep as they stand with their lawyers in front of Judge Henry M. Newkirk at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. They pleaded guilty in a home invasion case. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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