TUCSON, Ariz. - A Pima County judge sentenced a Tucson man to life in prison for a 2017 stabbing murder.
James Murray Reaves was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for first-degree murder in the killing 38-year-old Damion Philipps southwest of town.
Reaves also wounded a woman in the attack.
In addition to his life sentence, Murray was sentenced to 10.5 years for first degree burglary and 7.5 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. The burglary and assault charges will run concurrently, but consecutively to the life sentence.