MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — An appeals court has overturned a Mount Vernon woman’s conviction for soliciting to kill her former husband.
The Seattle Times reports the Washington Court of Appeals on Monday overturned Vanessa Valdiglesias LaValle’s conviction.
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She was found guilty in 2021 for trying to persuade her son to kill his father with rat poison, saying then she, her son and a sibling could live together forever.
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The three Court of Appeals Division 1 judges ruled Valdiglesias LaValle’s desire to be with her children forever doesn’t equate to a “thing of value” necessary to support a criminal solicitation conviction.
Valdiglesias LaValle was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Her case will be sent back to trial court.