Youngstown man gets 7 years in prison for role in 2013 homicide

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who turned state’s evidence in a homicide has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the crime.

Randall Miller, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, drew the sentence this morning from Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Miller, 40, of Hazelwood Avenue, was the main prosecution witness against Anthony Hopkins, 38, of West Dewey Avenue, who was sentenced to 321⁄2 years to life in prison for the slaying.

Hopkins drew his sentence after a jury convicted him last month in the Sept. 28, 2013, shooting death of Frank James Brown on the city’s East Side.

Hopkins was convicted of aggravated murder with a firearm specification, tampering with evidence and intimidation of a victim or witness to a crime.

Brown, 33, of Youngstown, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head, lying in Truesdale Avenue amid shards of car window glass.

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