GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A Greenville County jury has found a 48-year-old South Carolina man not guilty of murder in the stabbing death of another man.
The Greenville News reports Nathaniel Tate Choice took the stand this week in his own defense during his two day trial.
Choice says he acted in self-defense when he stabbed 43-year-old Gilbert Sherard twice with a steak knife during a fight in September 2008.
Choice says the fight began when Sherard used a racial slur against him and threw a punch.
An investigator testified that Choice first offered his hand to Sherard like he was going to shake it, then pulled him forward and stabbed him.
Choice has spent the last 18 months in the Greenville County jail.
Information from: The Greenville News, http://www.greenvillenews.com
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