Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2007 homicide case
GREENSBORO — A man pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in the August 2007 fatal shooting of a man in Claremont Homes.
Superior Court Judge James Webb sentenced Willis Miles Mahatha Jr., 33, to spend at least 94 months in state prison for the death of 38-year-old Joseph Lee Milford Jr., 38, on Aug. 11, 2007, according to Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Robert Enochs.
Mahatha took the voluntary manslaughter plea as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoided trial on a charge of first-degree murder.
Enochs said the killing was the result of a series of arguments between the two men, who were neighbors, that escalated into violence.
Mahatha shot Milford during a struggle on Milford’s back porch at 2708-B Patio Place.
Milford was shot three times, once in the left thigh and twice in the back. He later died at Cone Hospital.
Contact Ryan Seals at 373-7077 or ryan.seals@news-record.com
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Photo Caption: Willis Mahatha Jr.
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