PORTLAND, Ore. -- A man who was indicted in July in connection with a woman's death entered a surprise plea in court and was immediately sentenced on Friday afternoon.Officers arrested and charged 52-year-old Harold French in the assault and eventual death of Carla Pedraza this past summer.
Investigators said Pedraza was attacked in an open lot underneath Northeast Cesar Chavez Boulevard near Interstate 84 and Halsey Street on June 30.
Pedraza was rushed to the hospital but died on July 6 of injuries caused by blunt force trauma, police said.
French was scheduled to appear in court on a bail hearing but instead entered a plea of no contest to the murder charge and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
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