LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Nevada judge will be asked to accept an unusual written not guilty plea and schedule trial for a former Florida high school football coach facing an involuntary manslaughter charge in the one-punch death of a man during a Las Vegas Strip casino scuffle.
Attorney Jack Buchanan says he'll tell Clark County District Court Judge Abbi Silver on Tuesday that Benjamin Hawkins of Gainesville, Fla., has cooperated with authorities since the encounter that left John Massie dead last July 6.
Hawkins claims self-defense after Massie made a comment about "a black man in a yellow shirt" in a restroom at O'Shea's Las Vegas Casino.
Hawkins is black. Massie was white. He was from Roy, Utah.
Casino video shows the punch and Massie falling backward. He died of severe brain injuries.
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