A jury convicted 58-year-old Todd Pate of first-degree murder in July during his second murder trial.
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A judge declared a mistrial in 2016, when jurors ended up deadlocked 11-to-1 in favor of a guilty verdict.
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Pate's wife, Melanie, was found dead in the couple's backyard pool in Hanford on September 2, 2013.
She had filed for divorce five days earlier.
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Todd Pate will serve his term at Wasco State Prison.