Los Altos woman sentenced to 11 years to life for attempting to murder her husband
By Bonnie Eslinger, Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Wenke and her husband Randy were going through a bitter divorce at the time, and he had a new girlfriend. Wenke carried out her plot to kill him so she could collect on his
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Her defense team argued that Wenke suffered from mental illness, including a dissociative stress disorder that left her disconnected from her actions on the night of the stabbing. The jury rejected that defense.
In court Thursday, Judge
The judge said the "jury got it right ... the psychiatric issues did not amount to a legal defense," District Attorney
The couple has an 8-year-old son.
Wenke will be eligible for parole in about nine years, Wagstaffe said.
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