Yvonne Narine, 63, who was convicted in November of one count of solicitation of murder, was sentenced to the term on Friday in Superior Court in Riverside. She also was ordered to pay restitution to the victim, Harry Narine, who was 57 at the time of the crime.
The prosecution of Narine stemmed from an Aug. 16, 2006, meeting with two undercover Corona police detectives.In that meeting, prosecutors said, Narine talked about killing her husband, who was a correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino. At the time, the Narines were attempting to reach a settlement in a divorce.
The officers tape-recorded the conversation with Yvonne Narine, who could be heard telling the detectives that police knew she wanted her husband killed.
Narine believed that, following the stabbing death of another officer at the Chino prison, killing her husband there would not be traced to her, according to police.
Her attorney, Deputy Public Defender Jennifer Mullins, said during the trial that her client never intended to have her husband killed and that no money exchanged hands.
Narine had been drinking the day of the meeting with detectives, Mullins told jurors earlier. She also said Narine was intimidated and was afraid to disappoint a neighbor who had arranged the meeting with the undercover officers.
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