Akron’s 9th District Court of Appeals has ruled that Tyree Feaster can withdraw his guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter in the 2007 Cage nightclub slaying.The court’s 2-1 decision was issued Wednesday in response to oral arguments by defense and prosecution lawyers early this year.Judge Eve Belfance authored the majority opinion, stating that the appellate court was “required to vacate his plea” because Feaster’s trial court judge, Summit County Juvenile Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio, failed to inform him that his 13-year prison sentence included a mandatory five-year term of probation, or “post-release control.”Such a failure means a defendant did not enter into the plea “voluntarily, intelligently and knowingly,” as required under Ohio law in both juvenile and adult criminal cases.“Both rules require respective trial courts to make careful inquiries in order to ensure that the admission or guilty plea” meets all of those legal requirements, Belfance wrote.Under the 9th District ruling, Feaster’s case goes back to Teodosio’s court “for further proceedings consistent with this opinion,” Belfance wrote.Judge Donna J. Carr concurred with Belfance’s opinion.Feaster, who turned 21 in January, was sentenced to 13 years in state prison for his role in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Shawrica Lester outside the teen nightclub in January 2007, when Feaster was 17. He is behind bars at Mansfield Correctional Institution. His sentence does not expire until April 19, 2023, prison records show.Feaster’s lead defense counsel, Jana DeLoach, said Wednesday’s ruling “definitely was justice for him.”DeLoach said the law is “totally clear” on the issue of judges taking the necessary steps to ensure a defendant fully understands all sentencing ramifications.“They made the right decision,” DeLoach said of the majority ruling. “It’s the only decision that could be made.”She said she hopes Feaster “walks out the door.”“He didn’t shoot and kill this girl,” DeLoach said. “We hope they do find who shot and killed her. But he served his time and he needs to walk out the door.”April Wiesner, chief spokeswoman for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, said the agency is reviewing the appeals court decision to determine the next step to take. She declined further comment.Judge Beth Whitmore dissented with the majority decision. She wrote that Feaster sought to withdraw his plea after losing a direct appeal in which the 9th District upheld an April 2010 ruling by Teodosio that Feaster’s plea was valid.In the 2010 ruling, Teodosio said there was no reasonable and legitimate basis to allow Feaster to withdraw his plea because DeLoach represented on the record at the time of the plea hearing that she had carefully reviewed everything with her client.As an additional remedy, Teodosio filed a written correction by including the five-year probational term in the official court record of her original sentencing order of Nov. 17, 2007.Beacon Journal staff writer Phil Trexler contributed to this report. Ed Meyer can be reached at 330-996-3784 or emeyer@thebeaconjournal.com