Lawyer faces sentencing in hunting death

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An attorney who shot and killed a fellow deer hunter with a high-powered rifle is scheduled to be sentenced in Bucks County Court.

Forty-nine-year-old David Manilla pleaded no contest in May to involuntary manslaughter in the November death of 52-year-old Barry Groh. He also pleaded guilty to possessing the rifle and a shotgun, despite a weapons ban that followed a 1985 assault conviction.

The Doylestown Intelligencer reports Manilla faces as much as 25 years behind bars when he is sentenced today. His attorney, Keith Williams, says Manilla will apologize in court.

Prosecutors say Manilla acted recklessly when he fired the high-powered rifle while driving an all-terrain vehicle. They say the bullet struck Groh as he knelt by a stream after bagging a deer.