A SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON, WITH 10 YEARS SUSPENDED, AFTER EARLIER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHARGES IN A 2023 STABBING DEATH IN VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA..
20-YEAR-OLD CHEZAYIA LIGGINS WAS SENTENCED THURSDAY IN CLAY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
LIGGINS WAS CHARGED IN THE JULY 30TH, 2023 STABBING DEATH OF 47-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER BARTLING OF VERMILLION.
SHE RECEIVED A 15-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND A 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON ONE COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.
THE SENTENCES WILL BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY.
A 10-YEAR SENTENCE FOR A SECOND COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER WAS SUSPENDED.
