STATE v. LE

No. 98-KA-1274.

738 So.2d 168 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Tuan LE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, 24th Judicial District, Rebecca J. Becker, Terry Boudreaux, George C. Wallace, Jr., Ron A. Austin, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker, Louisiana Appellate Project, Gretna, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges H. CHARLES GAUDIN, CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr. and MARION F. EDWARDS.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant/Appellant Tuan Le appeals the ruling of the trial court sentencing him to forty (40) years at hard labor for committing manslaughter in violation of LSR.S. 14:31. For the following reasons, we affirm.

On April 30, 1997, the defendant and another youth, Hoang Pham, drove a stolen car to the trailer in which Pham's mother lived. At the time that the events in question took place, the defendant...

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