S. Ore. Man Gets 19 Months for Killing Intruder

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - A Southern Oregon man who killed an

intruder last year has been sentenced to 19 months in prison.

A manslaughter charge carrying a minimum sentence of six years

was dropped as part of the plea agreement with 35-year-old Keith

Cramer of Sutherlin. He had pleaded no contest to a lesser charge

and was sentenced Friday.

Cramer shot Michael Shane Smith, an Alaska man in Sutherlin to

be near his dying mother.

Cramer's family found Smith sleeping on a couch in their house

and summoned Cramer from a bar. Shortly afterward, he called police

to report the shooting.

Prosecutors said Oregon law does not allow people to use deadly

force, even in their own homes, unless the intruder is committing a

felony, and Smith was trespassing, which isn't a felony.