DULUTH — A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman outside a downtown bar in April 2024 has been resentenced to 16 ¼ years in prison.
It is a reduction of 2 ½ years for Darrius Lamar Plummer, 37, who was convicted by a jury last year of the unintentional second-degree murder of Chantel Moose.
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Judge Leslie Beiers imposed the new term Friday, the same day
after a partially successful appeal from Plummer.
It was undisputed that Plummer, of Canton, Michigan, struck Moose, 25, in the neck with a knife during an argument outside Spurs on First around 2 a.m. April 12, 2024. The defense
contended he acted in self-defense, while prosecutors argued he was the aggressor.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals in August
because guidelines at the first proceeding relied on a presentence investigation report and not on official documentation of his out-of-state criminal history.
St. Louis County prosecutor Vicky Wanta subsequently obtained certified copies of those convictions: forgery in Illinois and unlawful firearm possession in Michigan.
However, recent updates to state sentencing guidelines and a review of his applicable criminal history resulted in the slightly shorter prison term....