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Posted: 2021-12-24T18:24:46Z | Updated: 2021-12-24T18:24:46Z

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced in February after a jury convicted her Thursday on two counts of manslaughter.

The most serious charge against Kim Potter first-degree manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Heres how her sentencing could play out:

The Charges

After roughly 27 hours of deliberation over four days, a jury found Potter guilty of both first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Wright, a Black motorist. For first-degree manslaughter, prosecutors had to prove Potter caused Wrights death while recklessly handling a firearm in a way that death or great bodily harm to any person was reasonably foreseeable.

The second-degree manslaughter charge required prosecutors to prove Potter caused his death by her culpable negligence, meaning that Potter caused an unreasonable risk and consciously took a chance of causing death or great bodily harm to Wright.