Updated 07/17/2008 10:46 AM
Troy woman arraigned in ex's stabbing death
TROY, N.Y. - A Troy woman charged in the stabbing death of a former boyfriend during an argument has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges.
Prosecutors wanted to charge Kimberly Mayo of Troy with second-degree murder in the death of Keith Levin to death on May 21st. But a grand jury indicted her on the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter.
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Mayo pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge as well as a criminal weapon possession charge in Rensselaer County Court on Wednesday.
In a police statement on file with the court, Mayo claimed she and Levin argued on and off all day and she acted in self defense.
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