Granite Falls Man Gets 16-Year Term

Granite Falls man

gets 16-year term

EVERETT

A Granite Falls man was sentenced to 16 years, eight months in prison yesterday for the murder of a guest at a party last year.

Melvin White was found guilty in November of second-degree murder in the death of David Post, 29.

Snohomish County prosecutors said the two got into a fight at White's house during a party and went outside to settle it. Prosecutors said witnesses saw White beat Post with a tire iron. Post's body later was found in a nearby creek.

White claimed the killing was in self-defense.

At minimum, White will serve two-thirds of his sentence, or 11 years, four months, Snohomish County Deputy Prosecutor Kenneth Cowsert

said.