STATE v. SILBEY

No. KA-1622.

450 So.2d 710 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. George SILBEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Susan Scott Hunt, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

George H. Silbey, Sr., in pro. per.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

Appellant, George Silbey was charged by grand jury indictment with the June 17, 1982 second degree murder of his estranged wife, Lela Silbey, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. On March 9, 1983 he waived trial by jury and after a judge trial was found guilty of manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31.1 He was subsequently sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor.

Appellant's appeal was originally filed by his...

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