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STATE v. BURNS

No. 98 KA 0602.

734 So.2d 693 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Helen BURNS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Reed, District Attorney, Covington, Dorothy Pendergrast, Metairie, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Louisiana.

Gwendolyn Brown, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant-Appellant Helen Burns.

Before: FOIL, KUHN, and WEIMER, JJ.

WEIMER, J.

The defendant, Helen Burns, and her brother, Michael Wright (hereinafter referred to as "Wright"), were charged by grand jury indictment # 255875 with one count of second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1, for the shooting death of her husband, Conway Burns. Burns pled not guilty.1

Initially, Burns alone was indicted for the offense under grand jury indictment # 245264, but a nolle prosequi was entered...

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