STATE v. GARCIA

No. 85-KA-209.

477 So.2d 833 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Samuel GARCIA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Craft, Staff Appellate Counsel, Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for appellant.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Jo Ellen McMillen, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, (Louise Korns, Gretna, of counsel), for appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, BOWES and GRISBAUM, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

Samuel Garcia appeals his conviction of manslaughter, LSA-R.S. 14:31, for the killing of his wife. He received the maximum sentence, 21 years' imprisonment at hard labor.

Defendant raises three assignments of error: (1) that the court erred in admitting into evidence a written statement given by defendant; (2) that the court erred in sentencing defendant to an excessive sentence; and (3) any and all errors patent on the face of the record...

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