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Last updated on Thursday, January 8, 2015
(EVANSVILLE) - An 18-year-old Evansville woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for cutting a man’s throat with a box cutter.
Vanderburgh Circuit Court Magistrate Kelli Fink sentenced Claudia DeTalente on Tuesday. The sentenced was part of a plea deal.
The Evansville Courier and Press reports that DeTalente barely spoke during the hearing and was visibly tearful. DeTalente pleaded guilty in October to attempted murder. She was 17-years-old when she was arrested in June after authorities said she slashed Quaevion Emerson's throat while he slept.
Defense attorney Heather Burton says the attack happened due to distress about a romantic relationship.
DeTalente will be eligible for parole from the Indiana Department of Correction in a little less than a decade.
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