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STATE v. DeSILVA

No. 97-KA-0462

726 So.2d 44 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Chanda DeSILVA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Karen Godail Arena, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant-Appellant.

Court composed of Chief Judge PATRICK M. SCHOTT, Judge DENIS A. BARRY, and Judge ROBERT L. LOBRANO.

LOBRANO, Judge.

The defendant, Chanda DeSilva, was charged with the first degree murder of Martin Hecker1, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30. The State later amended the bill to charge the defendant with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. Her first trial ended in a mistrial but in her second trial a jury found her guilty of manslaughter, a violation of La. R.S. 14:31. The defendant was sentenced to serve twenty years at...

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