Legal Opinion
State v. Tarver
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 23, 1988No. KA 870920PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LeBLANC, Judge.
Lillian Tarver was charged by indictment with second degree murder, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. She was tried by jury and found guilty of manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31. She received a sentence of seventeen years at hard labor. The defendant has now appealed, alleging eight assignments of error.1 FACTS:
Shortly after 4:00 A.M. on June 21, 1986, the defendant shot and killed her husband, Scott Tarver, with his .357 magnum pistol after a confrontation which occurred in the Holiday Inn parking lot in Slidell, Louisiana. The defendant and the victim had been married…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. LewisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. MosbyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- State v. FairleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- State v. TarverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988