Transgender youth advocate sentenced for killing Walnut Creek boyfriend

Plea deal based on self defense claim, defender says

By Malaika Fraley
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 08/15/2011 01:32:49 PM PDT
Updated: 08/16/2011 08:05:11 AM PDT

http://www.contracostatimes.com/crime-courts/ci_18685878?source=rss

MARTINEZ -- A Bay Area transgender youth advocate was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend at his Walnut Creek home last year -- a killing a defense attorney said was self-defense.