Woman sentenced as accessory in slaying
A 26-year-old woman initially charged with murder in last year’s slaying of a Burbank woman was sentenced Friday to 360 days in county jail and three years probation.
Bella Stepanyan pleaded no contest to being an accessory after the fact in the Feb. 25, 2009, shooting death of Jasmine Voskanian outside her home in the 4200 block of Jacaranda Avenue in Burbank.
Pasadena Superior Court Judge Janice Croft dismissed the murder charge as a result of Stepanyan’s plea.
Armen Mangasaryan, 30, of Burbank, and Arpiar Terrgalstanyan, 20, of Glendale, are awaiting trial on a murder charge stemming from the shooting.
If convicted, the men could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
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