Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree following a nonjury trial and was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of 4 to 12 years. The conviction stemmed from an indictment which charged defendant with manslaughter in the first degree, as well as manslaughter in the second degree, as the result of his stabbing John Melna to death on May 16, 1987.
The facts underlying this tragic incident commenced at about 10...
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