SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally stabbing another man in Minnehaha County after a night of drinking.
Christopher Adams was sentenced on Monday on a manslaughter charge in the March 2019 death of Ronnie Baker, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said the two had been up all night drinking, got into a fight and Adams stabbed Baker. Adams fled, but was arrested a short time later.
A jury acquitted Adams of murder at a January trial, but found him guilty of first-degree manslaughter.
A judge also ordered Adams to pay restitution of $8,000 to Baker’s family to cover his funeral expenses.
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