A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS GIRLFRIEND OVER THE WEEKEND HAS PLED GUILTY TO THE CRIME. 46 YEAR OLD RUFUS MANIGUALT HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BUT PLED GUILTY TO SIMPLE ASSAULT YESTERDAY IN SESSIONS COURT. THE CHARGE STEMS FROM A WEEKEND INCIDENT IN WHICH HE STABBED HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE NECK WITH A SCREWDRIVER. A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO SERVE ONE YEAR ON PROBATION AND ATTEND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING.