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STATE v. MATHEWS

No. 82 KA 0725.

428 So.2d 988 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kirt D. MATHEWS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr. Dist. Atty., Edward M. Leonard, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Franklin, for appellee.

Robert P. Fuhrer, Chief Indigent Defender, Franklin, for appellant.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

Defendant, Kirt D. Mathews, was indicted by grand jury for the second degree murder of his estranged wife, Pauline Ireland Mathews, on December 11, 1980, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. After trial by jury, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter under LSA-R.S. 14:31 and was sentenced to serve 21 years at hard labor, the maximum penalty. The defendant appeals the sentence. We affirm.

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