STATE v. RAINS

No. KA 12-615.

101 So.3d 593 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Brenda Gail RAINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Patrick Lemoine , District Attorney, 35th JDC, Colfax, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

J. Clay Lejeune , Attorney at Law, Crowley, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Brenda Gail Rains.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, JAMES T. GENOVESE, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


PETERS, J.

The State of Louisiana charged the defendant, Brenda Gail Rains, by grand jury indictment with manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31. A jury convicted her of the offense and the trial court sentenced her to serve twenty-five years at hard labor with the first twenty years of the sentence to be served without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. After the trial court rejected her motion for reconsideration of her sentence, the...

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