{Charleston , West Virginia }…Kenneth Slater of Charleston was sentenced to a year in prison
after he pleaded guilty to battery Friday. Slater admitted to punching 51 year
old Robert Adkins outside a bar in South
Charleston on Saint Patrick's Day. Slater said he punched Adkins because Adkins
was "grabbing" his girlfriend. Adkins fell and hit his head on
a sidewalk. He was found unconscious three days later in his home and later
died.