By Joe Johnson
A Lawrencevile man has been sentenced to three years in prison and seven years on probation for stabbing a fellow student while they were both attending the University of Georgia.
Felix Nguyen, 20, stabbed Alexander Lilly five times when robbing him of four mason jars filled with marijuana on Oct. 24 at Waterbury Apartments on College Station Road.
In a plea agreement made with the Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office on April 30, Nguyen pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of robbery, instead of armed robbery, and also to aggravated assault.
In return, the DA’s office dismissed charges of felony marijuana possession and possession of a knife in the commission of a crime,
Sentences of three years in prison and seven years on probation, each for the robbery and assault convictions are to run concurrently, as part of the plea deal.