State v. Jones

DIXON, Justice.

Willa Mae Jones appeals her conviction for manslaughter. The case was tried by jury in the. Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and a verdict of guilty was returned by a vote of nine to three.

It was alleged that on December 6, 1969 defendant, a thirty-two year old woman, went to the bus garage where her husband reported for work as a driver. Defendant allegedly was surprised and enraged when she arrived to find her husband in the company, under' suspicious circumstances, of another woman, the victim Claudia Randall. Defendant attacked Claudia Randall, and a…