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Man Pleads Guilty In Spencer Stone Stabbing

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The man who stabbed hometown hero Spencer Stone pleaded guilty to attempted murder in court on Friday.

James Tran agreed to a nine-year sentence. He pleaded guilty to the charges of attempted murder and enhancements that he caused great bodily injured and used a deadly weapon.

The formal sentencing will happen on May 12.

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James Tran was arrested in connection with Spencer Stone's stabbing. (Credit: Sacramento PD)

According to the Sacramento Bee, Stone was in court and told a reporter he thinks his attacker should have gotten more time.

Stone was out with a group of friends in midtown Sacramento in October 2015 when surveillance video shows his group and another group getting into a fight.

Stone was stabbed multiple times and his attackers got away.

Tran was arrested a few weeks later.

Stone, along with childhood friends Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, became internationally famous after they helped stop a gunman on a Paris-bound train in August 2015.

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