Eagle Lake woman handed 10-year verdict to serve no jail time

Jury recommends probation after defendant pleads guilty in 2022 manslaughter case

An Eagle Lake woman was spared from serving any jail time but will have to ensure she is a model citizen after being handed a 10-year verdict by a jury who recommended community supervision, or probation, after she opted to plead guilty to manslaughter.

Aaliyah Dominiq Almanza, 24, heard her sentencing at the Colorado County Courthouse March 13 after a jury deliberated whether to give her a recommended sentence of 2 to 20 years for pleading guilty to manslaughter for causing the death of Tyler Joe Blair, an 8-year-old, in a car accident on July 17, 2022. Judge William D. Old II presided over the case.