PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- Phillip and Nancy Garrido pleaded guilty Thursday morning in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case in El Dorado County Superior Court.
Phillip Garrido will spend the rest of his life in prison.
He agreed to a sentence of 431 years to life in prison.
He pleaded guilty to multiple counts, including kidnap, forcible rape and forcible lewd acts on a child.
Nancy Garrido pleaded guilty to kidnap, aiding and abetting, and forcible rape.
Nancy Garrido's lawyer had been fighting for a plea deal that would allow her release after about 30 years in prison. She accepted a plea deal that will give her 36 years to life.
The net of the affect of the deal for Nancy Garrido means she likely will serve 31 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
Nancy Garrido was quietly sobbing throughout the hearing Thursday morning. The bailiff at one point handed her a tissue.
The hearing in Placerville lasted 35 minutes.
In court, both defendants spoke quietly.
Nancy Garrido started to cry when she was asked to admit that she was guilty of kidnapping Dugard for a sex act.
Dugard did not appear in the courtroom.
The judge said he only had about an hour to review the plea agreements Thursday morning before calling the hearing. Only about a dozen spectators were in courtroom and nine media members.
Nancy and Phillip previously met in courtroom three or four times to discuss personal issues and the plea agreements, the latest on Wednesday.
Sentencing is set for 9 a.m. June 2 for the couple.
The Garridos have previously confessed to abducting Dugard in 1991 when she was 11 and holding her captive for 18 years.
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