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STATE v. MURPHY

No. 92-KA-110.

600 So.2d 769 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Suzanne Campora MURPHY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., 24th Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, Gretna, for plaintiff/appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker, Gretna, for defendant/appellant.

Before DuFRESNE, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.

WICKER, Judge.

Suzanne Campora Murphy pleaded guilty to manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, and now appeals her sentence. We affirm.

Mrs. Murphy stabbed her husband to death during what was apparently the last of many drunken, violent disputes. She was charged with second degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30.1, and pleaded not guilty. She withdrew that plea and entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter. The judge ordered a pre-sentence investigation and limited her sentencing...

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