Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man acquitted of being the shooter in the murder of a man over the phrase "Deez Nuts" was sentenced today for choking a woman unconscious.

Harry Shelton, 37, was freed in September 2016 after a jury found him not guilty of shooting A'Nickalus Hill to death. A second man, Jashua Williams, was convicted of murder for setting up the homicide after a roommate dispute over the slang "Deez Nuts."

But Shelton was arrested again in May 2017 after putting his hands around a woman's neck in a full bathtub, choking her unconscious. The victim woke up in the tub full of water, police said.

Shelton was also charged in connection with an illegal handgun found at another residence.

He made a bargain with County Court Judge Thomas J. Miller that will send him to prison for 7 years after pleading guilty to a battery of charges.

Prosecutor Misha Coulson had asked for a sentence of 10 years in prison, but Shelton was able to get the judge's offer by pleading guilty to all the charges.

A partial order of protection was issued in favor of the victim, who has had a history of domestic incidents with Shelton, Coulson said today. (Coulson had asked for a full stay-away order of protection, but the victim wanted only the partial one.)

That will allow Shelton to see his children while in prison.

Left unmentioned today was the homicide acquittal.

Shelton testified during his 2016 murder trial that his co-defendant Williams was responsible for the shooting. Shelton said he only picked up the murder weapon after the fact.

Prosecutor Melinda McGunnigle has said Hill was shot because he objected to Williams using the slang term "Deez Nuts" in front of his children.

Shelton was free for about eight months between the acquittal and the most recent arrest.