Dorchester man sentenced to 14 years in 2006 homicide

By Jillian Jorgensen, Globe Staff

A 34-year-old Dorchester man was sentenced to 14 years in state prison after his conviction in a 2006 stabbing death, the office of Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

Michael Penn pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to one count of voluntary manslaughter for the April 2006 death of 39-year-old Eric Johnson of Mattapan.

The two men were arguing on Hosmer Street and the verbal fight led to a physical altercation in which Penn stabbed Johnson once in the abdomen, prosecutors said.

Evidence suggested that they were arguing over drugs and that Penn thought Johnson intended to rob him, prosecutors said. The case was expected to go to trial next week.

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