STATE v. NEWTON

No. 42,743-KA.

973 So.2d 916 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Casandra Pratt NEWTON a/k/a Cassandra J. Pratt, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Cameron Murray, for Appellant.

Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Madeleine M. Slaughter-Young, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before DREW, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


DREW, J.

Cassandra Pratt Newton1 was convicted of obstruction of justice, La. R.S. 14:130.1. Adjudicated as a third felony offender, she was sentenced to 15 years at hard labor without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of August 23, 2003, the Monroe Fire Department was dispatched to a fire at 804 South 4th Street, where a body was found inside the smoldering ruins...

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