STATE v. FAIRLEY

No. 97 KA 1026.

711 So.2d 349 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charinassa FAIRLEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Moreau, Baton Rouge, for Appellee State.

Amy C. Ellender, Mer Rouge, for Defendant/Appellant Charinassa Fairley.

Before FOIL, WHIPPLE and KUHN, JJ.


WHIPPLE, Judge.

Defendant, Charinassa Fairley, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder of her husband, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. She pled not guilty. Subsequently, defendant withdrew her plea of not guilty and entered a "best interest" plea of guilty (see North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S.Ct. 160, 167, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970)) to the lesser included offense and responsive verdict of...

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