‘You killed my son’: San Leandro man released in plea deal over 2021 fatal stabbing where he claimed self-defense

DUBLIN — A 36-year-old San Leandro man was sentenced to three years he has already served and released from jail in a plea deal over the stabbing death of his roommate, but not until after he heard from the victim’s family in court.

The defendant, James Barton Lee, was originally charged with murder in 2021 for killing his roommate, James May, in a stabbing on the 300 block of Dutton Avenue in San Leandro. Lee would later claim self-defense, alleging that May had attacked him and was attempting to drag him into his bedroom...