ANDERSON, S.C. – A South Carolina man has been sentenced to a dozen years in prison for beating a man to death and leaving him to choke on his own dentures.
Local media outlets report that 30-year-old Carson Nance was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter. He was originally charged with murder.
Authorities say Nance admitted beating 61-year-old Artis Leon Valentine of Anderson to death in October 2014. The men had gotten into a fight, and police say Nance punched and kicked Valentine repeatedly before driving away in Valentine's car.
A forensic pathologist says Valentine would have survived the beating if the dentures had not blocked his airway.
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