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A 19-year-old woman was sentenced to prison Tuesday for her role in the shooting death of a Cedar City man.
Clarissa Bulletts pleaded guilty in October to second-degree felony counts of manslaughter and obstructing justice, admitting in court documents that she "recklessly caused" the death of her stepfather, 44-year-old Shawn Multine.
On Tuesday, 5th District Judge James Schumate sentenced Bulletts to two concurrent one-to-15 year sentences at the Utah State Prison.
Bulletts was accused of helping her ex-boyfriend, 35-year-old Angelo Seth Carrasco, with the homicide. Carrasco is accused of forcing his way into a home on Oct. 21, 2014, and then shooting and killing Multine with a rifle.
Police believe Bulletts drove Carrasco and another man, Eric Albert Rodriguez, to the home, and provided the gun, which had been kept in her trunk.
The woman then tried to lure Multine from his home via a text message, according to a probable cause statement filed in court. When that didn't work, police say she remained in the area, and after the shooting, drove Carrasco and Rodriquez to another location.
Rodriguez is accused of also trying to lure Multine from the home and, when that did not work, yelling for Multine to come outside the home as Carrasco allegedly broke into the house and fired the gun.
Bullett's attorney, James Park, argued in court documents that his client had no idea that Carrasco was planning to shoot her stepfather that day and was not present when shots were fired. He had asked that Bullett be sentenced to probation instead of prison.
Carrasco is charged in 5th District Court with first-degree felony counts of aggravated murder and aggravated burglary and one count of third-degree felony aggravated assault. A scheduling hearing has been set in his case for Dec. 12.
Rodriguez is facing charges of first-degree felony murder and aggravated burglary, along with second-degree felony obstructing justice. He is scheduled to go to trial in April.
Bulletts was originally charged with murder, but the charge was reduced as part of a plea deal.
Iron County Attorney Scott Garrett said Thursday that during Bullett's preliminary hearing there was testimony that she had told Carrasco that her stepfather had molested her. That may have been the motive for the shooting, Garrett said.