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STATE v. COTTON

No. 25940-KA.

634 So.2d 937 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Gary Charles COTTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Office by John M. Lawrence, Alan J. Golden, Shreveport, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Mark A. Perkins, Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before NORRIS, LINDSAY and STEWART, JJ.

LINDSAY, Judge.

At the conclusion of his jury trial, the defendant, Gary Charles Cotton, was convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing death of Vertis Hoskey. The defendant was sentenced to serve eight and one-half years at hard labor. For the reasons assigned below, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

FACTS

The defendant, a custodial worker at an elementary school in Shreveport, was infatuated with Janice Baker, a cafeteria worker at the...

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