Alyssa
Bustamante took to the witness stand in Cole County Circuit Court in
Jefferson City, MO, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Her attorney, Gary
Brotherton of Columbia, tried to make the case to "undo" the guilty
plea she made in January 2012. She pleaded guilty to second-degree
murder which drew a life sentence with a chance of parole. In addition,
she pled guilty to a charge of armed criminal action for which she was
given a 30 year sentence to run at the conclusion of her life sentence.
In the background right is Judge Pat Joyce who accepted Bustamante's
guilty plea and presided over her sentencing hearing.(AP PHOTO/News
Tribune)