Legal Opinion
State v. Cortez
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 1996No. CR96-859PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
687 So.2d 515 (1996)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Melanie CORTEZ.
No. CR96-859.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
December 18, 1996.
Morgan J. Goudeau III, Opelousas, David Michael Miller, Assistant District Attorney, for State of Louisiana.
Francis A. Olivier III, Sunset, for Melanie Cortez.
Before WOODARD, PETERS and GREMILLION, JJ.
WOODARD, Judge.
Defendant, Ms. Melanie Cortez, was found guilty of attempted cruelty to a juvenile and was sentenced to three years at hard labor. Defendant's sentence was suspended and she was placed on three years active supervised probation, subject to the…
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