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STATE v. DAVIS

Nos. KA-1069, KA-4515.

485 So.2d 981 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Delores DAVIS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joanne C. Marier, Timothy M. Warner, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Clarence P. Guillory, Kenneth J. Beck, Student Practitioners, Loyola Law School Clinic, Calvin Johnson, Michael S. Gallagher, Supervising Attys., New Orleans, for defendant Delores Davis.

Before BARRY, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

Delores Davis was convicted of cruelty to a juvenile, La.R.S. 14:93, and sentenced to ten years at hard labor.

On September 15, 1982 the Department of Health and Human Resources received a complaint regarding a child left home alone. A human services worker, accompanied by Detective Cindy Burkhoudt of the Child Abuse Unit, went to the home about 6:00 p.m. The door was answered by eight year old Ernest Davis who stated that he had taken a nap...

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