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STATE v. JONES

No. 32,739-KA.

749 So.2d 879 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Angela JONES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peggy Sullivan, Louisiana Appellate Project, Monroe, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry Jones, District Attorney, Charles Brumfield, Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before NORRIS, C.J., and BROWN and STEWART, JJ.

BROWN, J.

Defendant, Angela Jones, originally charged with second degree murder, an offense punishable by imprisonment for life without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, pled guilty to manslaughter in an Alford plea.1 The trial court imposed the maximum 40-year hard labor sentence. On appeal, defendant alleges that the sentence is excessive. We affirm.

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