A 30-year-old Chicago man pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after Cook County sheriff’s police detectives said he stabbed another man during a fight in Robbins in late December.
Brian Davis was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, minus the 158 days he spent in custody while awaiting his trial.
Davis initially faced charges of attempted murder, but those charges were dropped as part of a plea agreement with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
Prosecutors said Davis stabbed a 35-year-old man eight times with a pocket knife during a fight at 6:40 p.m. Dec. 26 near the 13000 block of Grace Avenue.
Prosecutors also said the fight was prompted by an argument between Davis and the victim’s two teenage daughters outside of their house on Grace Avenue,
The fight moved to a park, prosecutors said, where Davis allegedly chased the victim with a knife and also slammed one of the daughters on the ground.
The victim was taken to a hospital, and Davis was treated for a cut on his hand.
Defense attorney Samuel Goldberg alleged in a court filing that Davis was acting in defense of himself, his fiancé and sister.
Goldberg said surveillance video showed the victim initiated the fight by hitting Davis over the head with a bottle.
He also alleged the victim was banned from the property where the altercation occurred, according to a list from the Housing Authority of Cook County.
Goldberg declined to comment Tuesday on the agreement or sentence.
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