SANDPOINT — A Post Falls man was ordered on Friday to serve up to 15 years in prison for stabbing and slashing his wife with a knife at her home near Priest Lake last year.

James Leverne “Vern” Carlton will have to serve at least five years in prison before he can be considered for parole, according to the terms of the sentence imposed by 1st District Judge Barbara Buchanan.

Buchanan said prison was in order because the victim was severely injured in the attack and the reason for it remains elusive — even to the defendant.

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