STATE v. JONES

No. 50631.

244 So.2d 849 (1971)

257 La. 966

STATE of Louisiana v. Willia Mae JONES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wray Gill, Sr., James David McNeill, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

Willa Mae Jones appeals her conviction for manslaughter. The case was tried by jury in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and a verdict of guilty was returned by a vote of nine to three.

It was alleged that on December 6, 1969 defendant, a thirty-two year old woman, went to the bus garage where her husband reported for work as a driver. Defendant allegedly was surprised and enraged when she arrived to find her husband in...

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