Woman gets 7 years in husband's sword killing

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- An Upland woman was sentenced to seven years in state prison today for stabbing her husband to death with a sword.

Naomi Valdivia, 35, maintained she acted in self-defense when 36-year-old Jose Luis Gonzales was killed on April 26, 2008 in the 800 block of West Orchid Court.

Though Valdivia believed she was innocent, the mother of five opted to plead no contest to voluntary manslaughter last month to avoid a potentially longer prison sentence if convicted of murder, her sister said.

Today in West Valley Superior Court, Judge Shahla S. Sabet sentenced Valdivia to seven years in state prison, said Deputy District Attorney Nancy Cooper.