On Nov 17, 1997, Don Dellmann wrote:
 JS> singer-actress Claudine Longet, was convicted of criminally negligent
 JS> homicide, a misdemeanor.
 DD> I didn't recall that she was actually convicted, I guess I
 DD> was in error there in my post.
Well, yes but...
During the trial, Longet testified that the gun discharged accidentally as 
Sabich was showing her how it worked. The prosecution charged her with 
reckless manslaughter, but the jury of seven men and five women convicted her 
on a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide, a crime that carried a 
maximum sentence of two years in jail and a $5,000 fine.
District Judge George Lohr sentenced Longet to 30 days in the Pitkin County 
Jail, which she served three months later, following a Mexican vacation.
Rough, huh? ;-)
 -Jack
  ogre@nashville.com
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