Judge to order Winkler sentencing for June 8

Sentencing for Mary Winkler was originally set for Friday but was delayed because of a scheduling conflict with one of the lawyers involved in the case.

McNairy County Circuit Judge Weber McCraw will file an order on Friday to reset the sentencing, said Sue Allison, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts.

Winkler, 33, was convicted of manslaughter April 19 of shooting her husband, Matthew, at their Church of Christ parsonage last year. She faces three to six years in prison and would be eligible for parole after serving a third of the sentence.

She will receive credit for the five months she already spent in jail.

Winkler could have faced life in prison if convicted as charged with first-degree murder.

She testified at trial that her husband was emotionally and physically abusive and she did not remember pulling the trigger of the shotgun.