The offender was found guilty by a jury of aggravated assault after throwing a glass at her sister-in-law's face during a family argument, causing a severe laceration and permanent scarring.
The jury acquitted her of assault with a weapon.
The sentencing judge determined the facts underlying the verdict, finding the act was a sudden, spontaneous response in the heat of an argument, but that the offender intended to strike the victim.
Weighing the offender's lack of criminal record and positive character references against the severe, disfiguring injury to the victim, the court sentenced the offender to 12 months in custody and 1 year of probation.
