Probated Sentence for Manslaughter
Posted/updated on: October 2, 2011 at 5:21 pm
LONGVIEW — A Longview man has been found guilty of manslaughter. The jury later sentenced Michael Lekele Morrow to 10 years probation. The panel had earlier convicted Morrow of fatally stabbing Bobby Joe Smith Jr., 41, outside Smith’s apartment on West Avalon Street in June 2009. Morrow said he was defending himself as Smith attacked him with an object. He could have received up to life in prison.
