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STATE v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 15309-KA.

431 So.2d 854 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, State-Appellee, v. Clarence CUNNINGHAM, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack, Jack, Cary & Cary by Wellborn Jack, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant/appellant.

Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Terry L. Lindsey and Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Attys., for State/appellee.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

The defendant, Clarence Cunningham, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, R.S. 14:31, and was sentenced to 15 years at hard labor in the custody of the Department of Corrections. He appeals his sentence. We affirm.

On December 31, 1981, the defendant went to the residence of his estranged wife and daughter.1 Upon entering he was told that his wife was in an adjoining room in bed with a man. Cunningham then armed...

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