STATE v. BUSBY

No. 04-1231.

893 So.2d 161 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ben R. BUSBY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Taylor, District Attorney, Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, Alisa Ardoin Gothreaux, Assistant District Attorney, Opelousas, LA, for State of Louisiana.

J. Michael Small, Kathrine S. Williamson, Attorneys at Law, Alexandria, LA, John Paul Calmes, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Ben R. Busby.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


PETERS, Judge.

The defendant, Ben R. Busby, was involved in a November 9, 2000 automobile accident in which Rebecca Ann Watkins Bridges sustained fatal injuries. On April 24, 2001, a St. Landry Parish Grand Jury indicted the defendant for vehicular homicide, a violation of La.R.S. 14:32.1. After initially entering a not guilty plea to the charge, the defendant subsequently changed his plea to guilty as charged.1 The trial court sentenced...

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