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Man Gets Year in Jail for Poking Bar Patron’s Eye
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A St. Paul man has been sentenced to a year in jail for poking a fellow bar patron in the eye and blinding him.
Thirty-four-year-old Kinseth Sorlien also was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years probation. Reports say Sorlien must follow all terms of his probation or else he faces a prison sentence of more than 8 1/2 years.
According to the complaint, Sorlien took offense at another man who wished a happy holiday to Sorlien's mother early on New Year's Day, and poked the man in the eye.
A jury convicted Sorlien of first-degree assault.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson says the judge determined that Sorlien was a good candidate for probation and would have a better opportunity to pay restitution than if he were imprisoned.
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