Shreveport, La. (12/3/2022) – A Shreveport woman who caused a three-vehicle accident while intoxicated, killing a poet from south Louisiana, was sentenced Wednesday, November 30, 2022, to a 15-year prison term.
Angella Rochell Marshall, 43, was convicted in Caddo District Court Tuesday, October 25, 2022, of vehicular homicide in District Judge Chris Victory’s courtroom, in connection with the October 10, 2020, wreck at West College Street and Jewella Avenue that killed 64-year-old Gretna poet and youth counselor Lenard Pierce. He was pinned in his vehicle and died at the scene.
Tested for intoxication, Marshall posted .184 blood-alcohol after the wreck. The legal limit in Louisiana is .08%. Judge Victory’s sentence mandated that she serve five of the 15 years without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Mr. Pierce’s family members were present from New Orleans for the sentencing.
Assistant District Attorneys Sam Crichton and Victoria Washington prosecuted Marshall. Rickey Swift defended Marshall.
Source: Caddo Parish District Attorney’s office
