State v. Love

DOUCET, Judge.

Lola Mae Love was indicted for second degree murder and tried by a jury of twelve. By a ten to two vote, the jury convicted her of manslaughter and she was sentenced to serve twelve years at hard labor. On appeal, defendant asserts three assignments of error.

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 1:

In this assignment of error, defendant contends there is insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict of guilty of manslaughter. The standard for reviewing sufficiency of the evidence is whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier…