By: Phillip Torres

SAN JOSE-Steven Barba, a 28-year-old man, is being convicted for the stabbing of San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith. Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Charles Gillingham said Monday that Barba entered “No contest pleas to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and being a felon in possession of a gun during a court hearing last week.” 

The stabbing occurred in 2012 at Smith’s house party in San Jose. The party escalated and two people were shot that night, thus leading weapons charges against the pro bowl linebacker. 

The crimes that happened on November 3, 2012 occurred when Smith tried to disperse the crowd at the party. Barba stabbed Smith twice in the torso before leaving the scene. The injuries on the linebacker were not serious.