A Kalispell man has been sentenced to four years in the Montana State Prison for a criminal endangerment conviction after beating his wife unconscious.

Lealon Franklin III, 32, also was ordered by Flathead County District Judge David Ortley during the Thursday hearing to undergo chemical dependency and mental health evaluations and to complete an anger management program.

Franklin previously testified that everyone at the Sixth Avenue West North home had been drinking on May 5 when things got out of hand and he ended up attacking his wife.

A court document described her injuries as a cut above her eye, several bruises on her face and around her neck and a scrape on her shoulder.

A court document states he pushed her onto the porch and repeatedly stomped on her head until she lost consciousness, and that it sounded like she was having trouble breathing.

Franklin previously was convicted of partner or family member assault in Butte-Silver Bow in November 2011 and in Kalispell Municipal Court on Feb. 8 of this year. The court document also states Franklin has been convicted of at least four other different felonies, including malicious conduct by a prisoner.

A plea deal that reduced his original charge of felony third offense of partner or family member assault to felony criminal endangerment also ended an attempt by the Flathead County Attorney’s Office to have him labeled a persistent felony offender.