STATE v. COPELAND

No. 93-KA-544.

631 So.2d 1223 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana v. Karen COPELAND.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. O'Neill, Gretna, for defendant/appellant Karen Copeland.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., John Molaison, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., Gretna, for appellee State of La.

Before BOWES, CANNELLA, JJ., and JOHN C. BOUTALL, J. Pro Tem.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, Karen M. Copeland, appeals from her conviction of second degree murder (La.R.S. 14:30.1) and sentence to life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. For the reasons which follow, we find no error in the lower court proceedings and affirm the conviction and sentence.

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