Man gets 16 years for stabbing death after Giants game

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing a fellow baseball fan after a San Francisco Giants game four years ago.

Rafael Cuevas, 26, was sentenced Friday after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder for killing Tim Griffith on Sept. 17, 2004, the night slugger Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run.

Cuevas had testified that he stabbed Griffith in the chest in self-defense during a confrontation outside the Giants ballpark.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Cynthia Lee ordered Cuevas to begin serving his sentence immediately and to pay $10,000 in restitution.