STATE v. DUNGAN

No. 54,031-KA.

327 So.3d 634 (2021)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Melinda R. DUNGAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT S. NOEL, II , LAVALLE BERNARD SALOMON , Monroe, Counsel for Appellant.

MELINDA R. DUNGAN, Pro Se.

PENNY WISE DOUCIERE , District Attorney, CAROLINE HEMPHILL , AMANDA MICHELE WILKINS , Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee.

Before GARRETT, STONE, and ROBINSON, JJ.


Following her guilty plea, the defendant, Melinda R. Dungan, was sentenced to serve 30 years at hard labor for manslaughter and ten years at hard labor for obstruction of justice. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. Dungan argues on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in the imposition of consecutive...

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