Clovis man sentenced to four years in prison for killing brother

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Several teardrops connected David Brewington's look symbolized an affectional Thursday astatine the Fresno County Courthouse.

The Clovis antheral convicted of sidesplitting his older member addressed the judge, saying helium is sorry.

"He was not lone my brother. He was my champion friend," David said. "I loved him with everything successful my heart. I inactive bash emotion him."

David was successful tribunal to larn his sentence. He antecedently pleaded nary contention to manslaughter for a 2022 incidental that near his 23-year-old brother, Elijah, dead.

"Once again, Elijah's temper flared, and we judge that David grabbed the weapon successful bid to ward disconnected different carnal onslaught by his member who charged David, and successful a infinitesimal of chaos, mislaid his life," the brothers' mother, Shannon Brewington, told the judge.

The incidental happened astatine an flat the 2 brothers shared adjacent Peach and Gettysburg Avenues successful Clovis.

Investigators said David, conscionable 21 astatine the time, stabbed Elijah to decease aft a disagreement.

In a uncommon move, defence lawyer Kiley Clevenger says a Fresno justice lowered the archetypal execution complaint aft reviewing the evidence.

"(The judge) was not seeing immoderate benignant of malice oregon pre-meditation progressive here, and it was much appropriately charged arsenic a manslaughter lawsuit alternatively than a first-degree execution case," Clevenger told Action News.

Whether execution oregon manslaughter, the incidental has devastated Elijah and David's parents.

You could perceive the emotion, inactive earthy successful court, arsenic they grapple with the nonaccomplishment of 1 lad and a situation condemnation for another.

"We volition everlastingly mourn the nonaccomplishment of Elijah and the nonaccomplishment of his imaginable for a affirmative life," Shannon told the judge. "But today, we would inquire that you delight see reducing David's sentence, allowing him to wage his indebtedness to his member by being a coagulated and contributing subordinate of society."

The justice yet sentenced David to 4 years successful authorities prison. Because helium is simply a youthful offender and has recognition for clip already served, Clevenger says David could beryllium released successful 18 months.

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