Topeka murder defendant sentenced after guilty plea
Published: Jan. 29, 2024, 8:30 p.m.
Serena Marie Sanchez, who pled guilty after initially challenging Kansas' "Stand Your Ground" faced sentencing on Monday. The 27-year-old accepted a plea deal in November for the March 6th fatal stabbing in Topeka of 57-year-old Rodney Clayton.
Serena Marie Sanchez looks back before walking out of the courtroom following her sentencing Monday, Jan. 29, 2024Serena Marie Sanchez walks in to the courtroom for her sentencing Monday, Jan. 29, 2024Shawnee County district judge discusses details with, from left, defense attorney's Scott William Jacobs Jr. and Jonathan L. Noble and procecuting attorney Shannon Dawn Szambecki during the setencing trial of Serena Marie Sanchez Monday, Jan. 29, 2024Defense attorneies for Serena Marie Sanchez Scott William Jacobs Jr., left, and Jonathan L. Noble, right, review documents during the sentencing Monday, Jan. 29, 2024Prosecutor Shannon Dawn Szambecki looks over to Serena Marie Sanchez during the sentencing Monday, Jan. 29, 2024
