A Berkeley woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter for killing her 9-year-old son with an apparent overdose of a prescription drug, authorities said today.Misti Mina Hassan, 31, entered her plea Friday in Alameda County Superior Court and was immediately sentenced by Judge Philip Sarkisian under the terms of a plea agreement reached with prosecutors in the death of Amir Hassan Reed.
"It was an appropriate sentence," Deputy District Attorney Venus Johnson said today.
Hassan did not address the court and was shaking during the hearing, authorities said.
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