State v. Murphy

WICKER, Judge.

Suzanne Campora Murphy pleaded guilty to manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, and now appeals her sentence. We affirm.

Mrs. Murphy stabbed her husband to death during what was apparently the last of many drunken, violent disputes. She was charged with second degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30.1, and pleaded not guilty. She withdrew that plea and entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter. The judge ordered a pre-sentence investigation and limited her sentencing exposure to fifteen years. After considering the report, he imposed a sentence of fifteen years at hard labor, with credit for time…