A Mansfield man has been convicted of murder in a stabbing death.

42-year-old Delbert Williams was found guilty of that charge, along with tampering with evidence and possession of criminal tools in the May sixth stabbing death of Joshua Merritt, during a fight outside of then Cyclone Bar on Laver Road.

A six-man six-woman jury in Richland County Common Pleas Court deliberated for eight hours over two days before returning the verdict.

Williams faces a mandatory 15-year to life sentence, plus another four years for the other two charges.