FAYETTEVILLE -- Rashad Santon Brown was sentenced to 12 years at the Arkansas Department of Correction Wednesday for killing Cedric Oliver.
A Washington County jury found Brown guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday afternoon.
Brown, 19, stabbed Oliver, 19, of Springdale at a party Dec. 12, 2015, at 811 W. Peachtree Drive.
Brown was 17 when the stabbing occurred and he was originally charged with first-degree murder.
The two had an argument at the party that escalated into a fight. Brown stabbed Oliver in the heart, according to a medical examiner who testified Tuesday.
Brown said the stabbing was accidental.
NW News on 07/27/2017