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Judge gives Nance up to 30 years in prison for shooting father

Last updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:45am

FARMINGTON — A splintered family was on display in 2nd District Court here Monday as the son was sentenced for fatally shooting the father.

Joseph Nance’s March 19, 2011, patricide of Gregory Nance has divided the family, which became obvious last month when a plea bargain was announced, reducing a first-degree felony murder charge to a second-degree felony manslaughter charge. Some family members, such as Joseph Nance’s grandparents, wanted to go to trial, while others wanted him released from jail.

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Joseph Allen Nance (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Davis County man sentenced for shooting father

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 5:29am

FARMINGTON — Joseph Allen Nance pleaded guilty in April to charges admitting he shot his father.

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FILE - Joseph Nance, 28, seen here in 2nd District Court in Farmington in late March, is charged with first-degree felony murder in the shooting death of his father. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Davis County man pleads guilty to shooting father

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 7:33am

FARMINGTON — Joseph Allen Nance pleaded guilty to charges admitting he shot his father.

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FILE - This Feb. 28, 2012 file photo shows Benjamin Gerard Hawkins during a preliminary hearing in District Court in Las Vegas. Hawkins is due for sentencing Thursday Feb. 14,2013 in Las Vegas following his November conviction in the death of 46-year-old John Massie. The former high school football coach and teacher from Gainesville, Fla., could face prison time for involuntary manslaughter in the one-punch death of a Utah man at a Las Vegas casino. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, Steve Marcus, File)

Ex-coach gets 3 months for one-punch death of Roy man in Vegas casino

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 15, 2013 - 12:43am

LAS VEGAS — A former high school football coach and teacher from Florida was sentenced to three months in jail and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine Thursday after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the one-punch death of a Utah man at a Las Vegas casino.

Defense attorney Jack Buchanan said he didn’t believe a punitive stint in the Clark County Detention Center was appropriate for his client, 39-year-old Benjamin Gerard Hawkins, of Gainesville.

Hawkins has remained free following his November conviction in the death of 46-year-old John Massie, an occupational safety and health worker at Hill Air Force Base.

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Fla. man to be sentenced for one-punch death of Roy man

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 10:45am

LAS VEGAS -- A former high school football coach and teacher from Gainesville, Fla., could face prison time for involuntary manslaughter in the one-punch death of a Utah man at a Las Vegas casino.

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Benjamin Hawkins stands in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas at his trial for involuntary manslaughter for hitting a man on the Las Vegas Strip continues, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Hawkins told police he was defending himself when he punched Massie following derogatory comments about his race. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerry Henkel)

Jury finds Fla. man guilty in Vegas punching death of Roy man

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 8:47am

LAS VEGAS — A former Florida high school football coach and teacher was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Utah man he knocked down with a single punch after the two men exchanged words in a Las Vegas casino men’s room.

Benjamin Gerard Hawkins stood still and stared straight ahead while his wife and other family members wept as the verdict was read in Clark County District Court.

The case stemmed from the July 2011 death of John Massie, 46, of Roy.

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Eric Charlton, center, sobs during his preliminary trial as his defense lawyers Susanne Gustin, left, and Andy Deiss, right, look on in Judge James Brady's Fourth District Court in Nephi, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Charlton is charged in the shooting death of his teenage brother Cameron Charlton, 17, on May 28 while camping with family and friends at Yuba Lake State Park in Juab County. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann, Pool)

Prosecutors still want manslaughter charge against West Haven man for shooting brother

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 3:01pm

NEPHI — Prosecutors are asking a judge to reinstate a stronger charge against a 27-year-old West Haven man accused in the shooting death of his teenage brother on a camping trip.

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Utah man pleads guilty in Idaho fatal crash

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 8:50am

KETCHUM, Idaho -- A Utah truck driver has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death last summer of a Hailey woman who had stopped at a road construction zone near Jerome.

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10 in Top of Utah arrested during national immigration roundup

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 9:12pm

OGDEN — Ten people in Weber, Davis and Box Elder counties were arrested last week as part of a nationwide roundup of convicted criminal immigrants, immigration fugitives and immigration violators.

Operation Cross Check resulted in more than 3,100 arrests nationwide, including 54 in Utah, according to information released Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Mother, boyfriend charged in toddler's accidental shooting death

Christine Clarridge The Seattle Times

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 3:38pm

SEATTLE -- Second-degree manslaughter charges have been filed against a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the accidental shooting of the woman's toddler at a Tacoma, Wash., gas station earlier this month.

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Ex-football coach faces reduced charge in one-punch death of Roy man in Vegas

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 4:22pm

LAS VEGAS — A judge is considering whether a former Florida high school football coach should stand trial on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the one-punch slaying of a Roy, Utah man after racial insults in a Las Vegas Strip casino.

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Mogul, facing trial, adopts girlfriend

Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 6:17pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The story already had people's attention: A multimillionaire polo magnate was accused of causing a drunken-driving wreck that killed a young man. But now, with his criminal trial approaching, a strange twist has raised even more eyebrows: He has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend.

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Utah mom charged with manslaughter in ill baby's death

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 12:25pm

VERNAL -- An eastern Utah woman has been charged with manslaughter in the death of her medically-fragile infant daughter.

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(The Associated Press) In this framegrab made from a courtroom television pool feed, Dr. Conrad Murray is remanded into custody after the jury returned with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in a Los Angeles. Murray was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.

Guilty verdict for Jackson doctor ends latest saga

Anthony McCartney, Linda Deutsch The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 8:36am

LOS ANGELES — The single word, “Guilty,” brought a muffled shriek in the gallery of the packed courtroom and tears from Michael Jackson’s family, but no reaction from the doctor convicted of supplying the King of Pop with the drug he craved for sleep.

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Michael Jackson's doctor convicted in star's drug death

Linda Deutsch The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 3:38pm

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.

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