STATE v. GUTWEILER

No. KA 2006-561.

940 So.2d 160 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Amanda GUTWEILER aka Amanda Hypes.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Paul Adams, Jr., Louisiana District Attorney's Association, Baton Rouge, LA, for Other, District Attorneys of the State of Louisiana.

James C. Downs, District Attorney, Thomas George Walsh, Assistant District Attorney, Ninth Judicial District Court, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, State of Louisiana.

James Michael Small, Alexandria, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Amanda Gutweiler.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, MARC T. AMY, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


EZELL, JUDGE.

On April 30, 2002, the Rapides Parish Grand Jury indicted Defendant, Amanda M. Gutweiler also known as Amanda Hypes, with three counts of first degree murder, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. Defendant was accused of murdering her three children by setting fire to the residence they were occupying. Defendant pled not guilty to all charges at her arraignment held on May 3, 2002. After her arraignment, Defendant filed several pre-trial motions, and the district...

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