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August 9, 2006

Cranston man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing brother

Michael F. O'Connor, 30, pleaded guilty this morning to fatally stabbing his older brother in September 2004.

He will be sentenced on manslaughter charges on Oct. 17. He faces up to 30 years in prison, but his lawyer, Matthew B. Smith, plans to ask for no prison term, saying O'Connor had been attacked by his brother after the two returned to their mother's Cranston home after a day fishing in Jamestown.

Daniel O'Connor, 37, who lived with Michael O'Connor and other family members at 140 Bluff Ave., was found at their mother's house with a fatal wound to his upper left chest, according to the police.

The brothers had spent much of Saturday together and argued periodically before matters escalated to an early-morning knife fight.

-- Journal staff writer Benjamin N. Gedan

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