VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION Boone County Man Convicted Of Voluntary Manslaughter
Reported by: Bethany Simmons
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Dec. 18, 2012 10:28 AM EST
Updated: Dec. 18, 2012 1:10 PM EST
West Virginia Regional Jail Photo
Boone County
, West Virginia
A Boone County man charged with the death of another man has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
Brian King was charged in the stabbing death of Roy Gilliam, 23. On Friday, a jury handed down the conviction in Boone County Circuit Court.
Police said the incident that happened in February 2012 was the result of a love triangle. Officers said Gilliam discovered his girlfriend was with King, so he tracked the two down in the Jeffrey area. That's when the two got in a fight and Gilliam was killed. King claimed that he acted in self defense.
King's sentencing date will be set in early January, Prosecutor Keith Randolph said.
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Bethany Simmons
