STATE v. JACKSON

No. 91-KA-0341.

600 So.2d 739 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph JACKSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty. and Hans P. Sinha, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before PLOTKIN, JONES and WALTZER, JJ.


JONES, Judge.

Defendant, Joseph Jackson, appeals his conviction for the second degree murder of his wife, Unae Jackson. We affirm the trial court's judgment.

In the early evening of April 1, 1989, the defendant entered the N.O.P.D. Fifth District Police Station and told the officer at the desk that he had accidentally shot his wife to death. Defendant told the officer that he had been under a lot of pressure, that his wife was no longer a good wife or mother...

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