California -- A man accused of fatally stabbing another man during a fight outside a Pacific Beach restaurant last year has been convicted of second-degree murder.
The 27-year-old man was found guilty of murdering Mission Valley resident Jonathan Thomas Lefler-Panela, 25, who died of multiple stab wounds.
During the three-week trial, the defence lawyer argued that his client stabbed Lefler-Panela in self-defense January 8, 2006, when the two squared off in a parking lot. He said Lefler-Panela - who was trained in mixed martial arts - slammed his client to the ground and bit his nose, while others kicked him in the head.
However, prosecutors said the accused was the aggressor when the two men engaged in a contentious "staring contest" inside the restaurant. The accused punched Lefler-Panela, and both were escorted out.
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