STATE v. NELSON

No. 34,077-KA.

775 So.2d 579 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Emmie Petty NELSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Amy C. Ellender, Mixon Law Offices by James E. Mixon, J. Scott Sartin, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Iley H. Evans, District Attorney, Carl B. Duke, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and KOSTELKA, JJ.


KOSTELKA, J.

A unanimous jury convicted Emmie Petty Nelson ("Nelson"), as charged, of second degree murder, La. R.S. 14:30.1. The trial court sentenced Nelson to the mandatory term of life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. She now appeals the conviction and sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

Although they lived in Richland Parish, Louisiana, Bryan "Dale" Bonnette ("Bonnette") and his wife, Donna ("Donna"), owned...

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