STATE v. TROMBINO

No. 59894.

352 So.2d 682 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Isabelle TROMBINO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilary J. Gaudin, New Orleans, Gerald Jeffers, Gretna, James O. Manning, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Roy F. Blondeau, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Director, Research and Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of second degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30.1 (1975), and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon her appeal, the defendant principally relies upon the alleged improper curtailment of her cross-examination of a state witness (Assignments 1 and 2).

Context Facts

The defendant, Mrs. Trombino, admittedly shot her husband to death in the family residence in the late afternoon. The evidence of both the state and...

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