STATE v. VERGO

No. 23049-KA.

594 So.2d 1360 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Tamala VERGO, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1992.

Writ Denied May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wellborn Jack, Jr., Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., James Stewart and Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and BROWN, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

After having allegedly triggered what became known as the Cedar Grove Riot in Shreveport in 1988, Tamala Vergo appeals her 1990 conviction by a jury of manslaughter. LRS 14:31. She complains that the trial court should not have granted the state's challenge for cause of two prospective jurors and that two of her requested special charges should have been given to the jury.

We affirm.

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