A plea deal was reached Monday morning in Christian Circuit Court for the woman who shot another woman during an altercation on Kenwood Drive in March of this year.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling noted 36-year-old Shequita Buckner of Hopkinsville would have an “imperfect self-defense” case at a potential trial.
Instead, she entered an Alford plea to second-degree assault, amended down from first-degree, as part of a plea deal that comes with a recommended seven year sentence.
Formal sentencing was scheduled for January 12.
Buckner would be eligible for parole after serving one year and six months of her sentence.
She shot 36-year old Kim Harrell in the arm during an altercation on Kenwood Drive on the morning of March 22. Harrell required treatment at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.