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STATE v. SCOTT

Nos. 80-KA-2845, 80-KA-2846.

400 So.2d 627 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Marvin Elwood SCOTT. STATE of Louisiana v. Winifred Ellen SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., J. Wayne Landry, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

James B. Supple, Indigent Defender Board, Franklin, for defendant-appellant Marvin Elwood Scott.

James R. McClelland, Indigent Defender Board, Franklin, for defendant-appellant Winifred Ellen Scott.

WATSON, Justice.*

Defendants, Marvin Elwood and Winifred Ellen Scott, were convicted of cruelty to a juvenile in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:93.1 Each was sentenced to five years at hard labor. They have appealed their convictions and sentences.

FACTS

Jason Paul Scott, age two, was severely burned with hot grease on Saturday, January 26, 1980. The injury was accidental, but the Scotts neglected...

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