Brother Enters Plea, Gets 20 Years For Shooting Sister
Posted 1:58 am Friday, February 03, 2012
By DAYNA WORCHEL
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer
The 16-year-old New Chapel Hill youth who pleaded guilty on Thursday to shooting his older sister in the face in September 2010 admitted to a psychologist one year ago that he was responsible for her death, Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham said after the sentence was pronounced.
Mark Nathaniel Anderson received a 20-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to shooting his 19-year-old sister Amanda inside the home they shared with their parents, Mark and Stacie Anderson, on Sept. 15, 2010. Autopsy reports showed she was shot in the head four times.
Anderson, who was certified to stand trial as an adult in June, will have to serve at least 10 years before he is eligible for parole. He will not have to pay a fine, and was given credit for the one year he has served in the Smith County Jail, Bingham said.
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