Man pleads guilty to attempted murder

SANDPOINT — A Post Falls man accused stabbing his estranged wife near Priest Lake pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder.

In exchange for James Leverne “Vern” Carlton’s plea, an attendant charge of using a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony was dismissed as part of a plea agreement with the state, court records show.

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