State v. Delahoussaye

GUIDRY, Judge.

On January 21, 1988, the defendant, Jeanette Delahoussaye, was convicted of second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. On February 1,1988, she was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment at hard labor. Defendant appeals on the basis of three assignments of error.

FACTS

Between 2:30 and 4:00 p.m. on April 13, 1987, Donald Delahoussaye, the victim, defendant’s husband, was trying to get into his home. His key had broken the previous week and he needed someone to let him in from the inside. The victim, who routinely got off work early on Monday, knocked on the…