Three men were sentenced to state prison terms today for the fatal beating of 22-year-old Jose “Danny” Alicea, a new father, near a downtown nightclub two years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Assistant District Attorney David Fredette of Conley’s Homicide Unit recommended that DANIEL EK (D.O.B. 7/13/86) serve 10 to 14 years in prison, that JOHAN GARCIA (D.O.B. 11/24/80) and ANTHONY VILLALOBOS (D.O.B. 12/29/87) serve 8 to 12 years in state prison, and that all three serve three years of probation upon their release. The men were convicted of involuntary manslaughter and other offenses on Feb. 28.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Patrick Brady sentenced Ek to a term of five to six years for Alicea’s death plus an additional one to two years for kicking a surviving victim during the Aug. 21, 2009, incident on Stanhope Street. Brady sentenced Garcia to four and a half to five and a half years in state prison for Alicea’s death plus an additional year for his assault on a surviving victim, and sentenced Villalobos to a term of four to five years for Alicea’s death plus six additional months for the non-fatal assault.

All three will serve probationary terms of two years after the completion of their consecutive prison terms.

Ek, Garcia, and Villalobos were convicted after a trial that lasted more than a month. A fourth defendant, JASON BENALFEW (D.O.B. 11/13/82), pleaded guilty in the midst of trial and will be sentenced on April 15.

All of the defendants but one are from Lynn. Villalobos is a Revere resident.

“In a case of such pointless violence, each of us was impressed by the dignity of Danny’s family,” Conley said of the victim’s relatives, who attended much of the trial. “They represented him and his memory with grace. That says a lot about who Danny was and what we all lost when he was taken.”

In a statement prior to sentencing, Alicea’s older brother addressed the court.

“He was trying to be a better man,” Angel Ortiz said of Alicea the night he was attacked by a mob after exchanging words outside the Club 33 bar. “He was trying to walk away and be the better man, but he was chased down like an animal … If you all had given him two more minutes, you’d have thought he was the best person in the world – because he was.”

A total of 13 defendants were charged in connection with the incident. Apart from the four convicted last month, five other men have already pleaded guilty to assaulting and beating Alicea’s friend. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Friday for the remaining four defendants charged with Alicea’s homicide.

Assistant District Attorneys David Fredette and Amy Galatis of the DA’s Homicide Unit tried the case. Katherine Moran was the assigned victim-witness advocate. Ek, Garcia, Villalobos, and Benalfew were represented by attorneys William White, Timothy Bradl, Francisco Napolitano, and Hank Brennan.