An admitted killer was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for stabbing to death a 23-year-old man outside a bar in Hempstead last year.
Jose Gavarrete had pleaded guilty in April at Nassau County court to manslaughter.
Prosecutors said Gavarrete and his cousin, Manuel Antonio Gavarrete, got into a fight with Herzon Torres Alvarado while all three were drinking at El Patio Café in their hometown of Hempstead on March 7, 2012.
Gavarrete stabbed the victim repeatedly and gave the knife to his cousin to get rid of, according to prosecutors.
Manuel Gavarrete pleaded not guilty last summer to murder, weapons and tampering with evidence charges and is due back in court Nov. 26.
