Legal Opinion
State v. Hartman
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 17, 2016No. 2015 KA 1023PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrain, J.
|2The 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 arguing that the State failed to prove she did not act in self-defense, that the trial court improperly instructed the jury, and that the sentence imposed is excessive. We affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.
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