STATE v. STRATTON

No. 19,420-KA.

521 So.2d 842 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James STRATTON, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Fischer, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Don M. Burkett, Dist. Atty., Robert E. Burgess, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and LINDSAY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

After being indicted for 2d degree murder and being convicted of the manslaughter of his wife, Stratton appeals, contending that the evidence is legally insufficient to convict and to exclude that the killing was a justifiable homicide committed in self-defense.

Defendant waived jury trial. The trial court, noting years of "trouble" between Stratton and his wife, concluded the defendant was guilty of manslaughter "in that the killing was done...

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