MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Zalma, Mo., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault in connection to a July 3, 2006, stabbing, according to Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Gray.
Ralph R. Carnahan, 20, appeared in Butler County court on a change of venue and received a suspended 10-year sentence in prison with a 90-day shock incarceration penalty to be served in the Butler County Jail.
After the jail time, Carnahan will be placed on supervised probation for five years.
The sentence was part of a plea agreement with the state, Gray said.
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