State v. Cornette

Judge Harold R. Banke.

In the early morning hours of February 9, 1996, police responded to a domestic violence complaint initiated by Tammy Cornette. While inside the Cornettes’ home, they observed marijuana in plain view on a coffee table. Gary Cornette was then arrested for simple battery and possession of marijuana. While placing Cornette under arrest, as Officer Kenneth Brooks noted in his supplemental incident report, the residence lacked heat except for a small kerosene heater and there were four young children who were wearing little or no clothing. In the same report, Brooks expressed…