In a matter of weeks, Poughkeepsie mom Nikki Addimando could become the first person in New York state to receive a lighter murder sentence under a new law that shields survivors of domestic abuse.

In April, a jury found Addimando guilty of second-degree murder of 29-year-old Christopher Grover — her live-in boyfriend and the father of her two children.

She admitted shooting and killing Grover in September 2017, but said it was in self-defense after years of physical and sexual abuse. In her testimony, Addimando, 30, said Grover would use a hot metal spoon to burn her.

Images of burns, lacerations and bruises on her body and face, some taken by medical staffers, were shown during the trial.

Addimando shot Grover in the head 24 hours after Child Protective Services visited their apartment, tipped off that Addimando had bruises on her body.

The night of the shooting, Grover took out his gun and threatened to shoot her, telling her “he could kill me in my sleep,” she testified, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

Prosecutors said Addimando killed Grover in his sleep, which she disputed.

Under the new Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act — signed by Gov. Cuomo on May 14 — Addimando, who currently faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison, could have her sentenced reduced to five to 15 years.

A three-day hearing to convince state Supreme Court Justice Edward McLoughlin that she was a domestic violence victim concluded Wednesday.

Addimando’s friends have created a We Stand With Nikki website which calls excessive punishment “unjust.”

“She is a survivor of prolonged domestic violence, and the domestic violence is the only reason for her criminal justice involvement,” the site says, claiming endorsements from Gloria Steinem and other feminists and activist groups.

The judge will render a decision in November.

“In that decision, he will advise us whether he is sentencing under the act or if he deems a conventional sentence would not be unduly harsh,” said Addimando’s lawyer Benjamin Ostrer. “Which is ultimately within the judge’s discretion.”

The new law looks at “the extent of the abuse, the degree of the abuse and you have to be able to establish that the abuse led to whatever act that was committed,” according to defense attorney Anthony Cillis, who has handled domestic violence cases.

According to Ostrer, “There’s very little guidance in the act to instruct either the litigants or the court concerning the burden of proof.”

The first defendant to attempt to use the new law failed.

Taylor Partlow, a 26-year-old Buffalo resident who was convicted of stabbing her boyfriend in the chest in 2018, sought a sentence reduction.

The judge decided that Partlow, despite witnesses who saw her boyfriend beating her and dragging her across the floor by her hair, did not qualify.

“The abuse, No. 1, was not substantial abuse and not a significant contributing factor to your behavior,” said state Supreme Court Justice Russell Buscaglia said at a Sept. 8 hearing. “But I do agree there was domestic abuse.”