STATE v. HARTMAN

No. 2015 KA 1023.

189 So.3d 458 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joan Faye HARTMAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren L. Montgomery , District Attorney, Matthew Caplan , Covington, LA, for Appellee, The State of Louisiana.

Cynthia K. Meyer , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Joan Faye Hartman.

Before PETTIGREW, HIGGINBOTHAM, and CRAIN, JJ.


The defendant, Joan Faye Hartman, was indicted for the second-degree murder of Tanya Carolina Knower. See La. R.S. 14:30.1. A jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter, and the trial court sentenced her to thirty-five years imprisonment at hard labor. See La. R.S. 14:31; La.Code Crim. Pro. art. 814. The defendant appeals...

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