STATE v. YOUNG

No. 58707.

344 So.2d 983 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Roma YOUNG.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. DeJean, Sr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Pegues, III, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Roma Young, was charged by bill of information with second degree murder, for the fatal shooting of her husband, Clovees Young. La.R.S. 14:30.1. She was convicted by a twelve member jury, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for a period of twenty years. On appeal defendant relies on five assignments of error for reversal of her conviction and sentence.

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