STATE v. DUGAS

No. 96-49.

683 So.2d 1253 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Laura DUGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Boudreaux Jr., District Attorney, Keith Comeaux, Assistant District Attorney, for State of Louisiana.

Margareta Maria Lahme, Lafayette, for Laura Dugas.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and YELVERTON and PETERS, JJ.


DOUCET, Chief Judge.

On May 27, 1992, the defendant, Laura Dugas, was indicted for second degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. At the close of a seven day trial, on September 6, 1994, a twelve member jury found the defendant guilty as charged. Later that month, on September 30, 1994, the district court sentenced Ms. Dugas to the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

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