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Oct 11, 2008 4:21 pm US/Pacific

Man Gets 16-To-Life For Giants Game Murder

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing a fellow baseball fan after a San Francisco Giants game four years ago.

Rafael Cuevas of Daly City was sentenced Friday after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder for killing Tim Griffith on Sept. 17, 2004, when slugger Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run.

During the five-week jury trial, Cuevas testified that he stabbed the 21-year-old Griffith in the chest in self-defense during a confrontation outside the Giants ballpark.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Cynthia Lee on Friday ordered Cuevas to begin serving his sentence immediately and ordered him to pay a $10,000 restitution fine.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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