(KAIR)--A Leavenworth woman who plead to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the 2021 death of her fiance.

According to a release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, 41-year-old Eva Banks was sentenced, in Leavenworth County District Court this week to ten-years in prison.

The release explains that the fatal, June 2021 stabbing of Jerrold Rhodes was committed with “an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that justified deadly force in defense of a person.” She additionally plead to two counts of aggravated battery in connection with a domestic violence incident on that June date.

Banks’ plea was made in November.

According to statements she made to investigators, the couple had a history of domestic violence.