STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 18082-KA.

497 So.2d 333 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Carrie E. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1986.

Stay Order Vacated; Writ Denied January 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Goorley, Indigent-Defenders Office, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., James E. Stewart, Gary Parker and John Broadwell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

The defendant, Carrie Williams, was charged by grand jury indictment with the negligent homicide of her infant son, Timothy Dooley. LSA-R.S. 14:32. She was tried before a six-person jury and found guilty as charged. The trial judge sentenced her to four years at hard labor; the maximum sentence is five years at hard labor. She now appeals, relying on nine assignments of error.1 Because none of the assignments present reversible...

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