Louisiana Court of Appeal November 12, 1980, No. 7868 (In re Whitten)

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Brandi Lynne Newman was born November 11, 1978. Her mother, Lynne McCom-mon Newman, was killed by Brandi Lynne’s father, Glen Dale Newman, on April 2, 1979. The father was subsequently convicted of manslaughter for the death of his wife and was sentenced to twenty-one years at hard labor. He is presently confined in the state penitentiary at Angola.