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STATE v. HOUSTON

No. 95-KA-656.

671 So.2d 19 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana v. Loris HOUSTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, District Attorney, Leigh Anne Wall, Asst. District Attorney, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker, Staff Appellate Counsel, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before GAUDIN, BOWES and GRISBAUM, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

Appellant Loris Houston was convicted by a jury of the second degree murder of her two-year-old son Leroy and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.

She contends on appeal that the trial judge in the 24th Judicial District Court erred in rejecting her request for jury charges on negligent homicide and criminal negligence; also, she...

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